Stout v. United States

OTIS, District Judge.

These applications are based upon that provision of the World War Veterans’ Act 1924, § 30 (38 USCA § 456) which reads as follows: “All files, records, reports, and other papers and documents pertaining to any claim for the benefits of the provisions of this chapter whether pending or adjudicated, shall be deemed confidential and privileged and no disclosure thereof shall be made except as follows * * * (b) where required by the process of a United States Court to be produced in any suit or proceeding therein pending. * * * ”

It is the contention of the plaintiffs that the…