Legal Opinion · Dissent

Stephen Marozsan v. The United States of America and the Veterans' Administration, Defendants

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 25, 1988No. 86-1954Published

1DissentEasterbrook, Circuit Judge

“[T]he decisions of the Administrator on any question of law or fact under any law administered by the Veterans’ Administration providing benefits for veterans ... shall be final and conclusive and no other official or any court of the United States shall have power or jurisdiction to review any such decision by an action in the nature of mandamus or otherwise.” 38 U.S. C. § 211(a). This is a bold assertion of the sovereign immunity of the United States. Decisions of the Administrator are “final and conclusive”. The “decision”, not the legal issues that might influence it, is off limits. No…

2Cases cited104 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908

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