Legal Opinion
Ziviak v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 5, 1976No. Civ. A. 74-1062-FPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FREEDMAN, District Judge.
This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to have the Court declare unconstitutional subsection (b) of 38 U.S.C. § 3203, entitled “Hospitalized veterans and estates of incompetent institutionalized veterans,” on the ground that it discriminates against parents of incompetent veterans. It is alleged that the section “prohibits parents of incompetent veterans from obtaining the benefits which would have been paid to them had their child died competent,” thereby violating the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. It is further alleged that the…
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