Legal Opinion
Norma Denton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1981No. 78-3689PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Norma Denton appeals from the district court’s denial of her motion for summary judgment and grant of defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
This case chronicles the Kafkaesque plight of a hapless citizen whose claims to widow’s benefits regrettably must be denied despite clear evidence that she has been the victim of bureaucratic error.
Appellant is the widow of Lieutenant Colonel Charles K. Denton. In 1962, Lt. Col. Denton transferred to the Retired Reserve of the United States Army, after having completed 28 years of military service with the…
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