Richard R. Reamer v. The United States of America

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

In this action for breach of an enlistment contract, the plaintiff claims that the military agreed to delay his period of active duty in the reserves until after he had finished a semester of school. The district court found that the contract contained no agreement for a delay. We affirm.

In the summer of 1968, Richard Reamer was ready to enter his second year of law school, but the Selective Service had classified him as 1 — A. After contacting various reserve units, he was given an opportunity to join the army reserves in Salisbury, North Carolina. On August 24, 1968…