Legal Opinion
Phillips v. United States
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 9, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 4566Published
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM HAROLD COX, District Judge.
The plaintiff is the widow of a Vietnam veteran who died in service of the United States in such foreign war on August 2, 1966. The controversy here involves the question as to the identity of the beneficiary of $5,000 of National Service Life Insurance effective on the life of the veteran at his death. The claimant is the father of the deceased veteran. The Board of Veterans Appeals decided in favor of the father, and against the widow, thereby precipitating this suit here under the statute for judicial review.1 The parties reside within the jurisdiction of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- McKewen v. McKewenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Gann v. MeekCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- Candelario A. Aguilar v. United States of America and Frances G. AguilarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Imajean Hawkins v. Bertha Lue HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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