Legal Opinion

Loucke v. United States

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 20, 1957PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HERLANDS, District Judge.

Plaintiff is seeking to recover the sum of $10,000 as beneficiary of her deceased son, pursuant to the Servicemen’s Indemnity Act of 1951, 38 U.S.C.A. § 851. Plaintiff filed a claim for the full amount before the Veterans Administration. The Administration, however, awarded plaintiff only half of the proceeds and awarded the other half to plaintiff’s divorced husband, the father of the deceased. This determination was affirmed by the Veterans Administration Board of Appeals.

Plaintiff then brought an action in this Court to recover the full amount of the policy. The…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ackermann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. United States v. KarahaliasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
  4. Elgin Nat. Watch Co. v. BarrettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
  5. Williams v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1953

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Robert James Lubben v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 27Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
  2. Doe v. Trumbull County Children Services BoardOhio Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Wayne E. Ritter v. Fred Smith, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections and J.D. White, Warden, Holman UnitCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Sam Title, AKA Sam Teitelman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
  5. Rinieri v. News Syndicate Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967

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