Legal Opinion
De Castillo v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 22, 1969No. Civ. A. No. 2593-67PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GASCH, District Judge.
This is a complaint in the nature of a mandamus ordering the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to pay insurance and compensation and indemnity benefits which the plaintiff claims were arbitrarily terminated. Plaintiff is a citizen of the Philippines. Her deceased husband, also a Filipino, was killed in the service of the United States in the Second World War. Thereafter, plaintiff collected benefits both under Gratuitous National Life Insurance, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation from July, 1944, through June, 1962, when they were terminated upon a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tracy v. GleasonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Vda de Tubongbanua v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1963
- de Samala v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1960
3Cited by1 opinion
- Estelita B. Vda De Castillo v. United States of America, and Administrator of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970