Legal Opinion
Langston v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 3, 1973No. 71-1269PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
In 1952, the Administrator of Veterans Affairs terminated a 1944 award of monthly disability compensation benefits in favor of appellant, a World War II veteran. The ground assigned for the revocation was a new determination, contrary to the old, that appellant’s disability was unrelated to his military service, and that the award “involve [d] a clear and unmistakable error.” In 1968, appellant brought suit in the District Court seeking a judgment declaring the Administrator’s action null and void, and directing the restoration of compensation from…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United Public Workers of America v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Donald Askew v. Kenneth BloemkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. American Telephone & Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Kelley v. Price-Macemon, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. John A. O'connell, Jr., Appeal of St. Augustine Trawler, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Chester A. Fisher v. Lenus Shamburg, Bill Howell, and Charles W. HowellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
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