Declet v. Veterans Administration
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ-NAZARIO, District Judge.
Defendant’s motion to dismiss must; be granted.
In the first place, the only named' defendant “Veterans’ Administration” is. not a suable entity, because Congress has. not constituted this agency a body corporate or authorized it be sued as such,. Mitchell v. United States, D.C., 111 F.Supp. 104, 105. See also Blackmar v. Guerre, 342 U.S. 512, 515-516, 72 S.Ct. 410, 96 L.Ed. 534.
In. the second place because, even if the action were brought against, the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, *567or against the United States of America, this court would have no jurisdiction…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Blackmar v. GuerreSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Munro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Petrowski v. NuttCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
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