Legal Opinion
United States v. Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 17, 1938No. 199PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The question is whether the Economy Act 1 repealed § 401 of the War Risk Insurance Act 2 and thereby deprived veterans and their beneficiaries of “automatic insurance.”
In this suit, brought by the son of a soldier who died in service, both the district court 3 and the Court of Appeals 4 were of the opinion that the Economy Act did not terminate the rights of a beneficiary of automatic insurance. We granted certiorari limiting consideration to the question of the repeal of the law providing automatic insurance. 5
During the World War, it was the policy of the Government to allow soldiers one…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Posadas v. National City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. YuginovichSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Washington v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Cope v. CopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Rosencrans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Penn Dairies, Inc. v. Milk Control Comm'n of Pa.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cloverleaf Butter Co. v. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture & IndustriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- In Re KometUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · 1989
- Bartlett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
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