Legal Opinion
Plato v. Roudebush
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 6, 1975No. Civ. B-74-641PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, District Judge.
In this case, Marion Plato and Robert Trail, 1 for themselves and others similarly situated, challenge the notice and hearing procedures used by the Veterans Administration (V.A.) in connection with suspending veterans’ pension benefits. The request that a class be certified was earlier granted. The first issues to be faced in this case pertain to whether this court has jurisdiction to hear the plaintiffs’ claim. The jurisdictional question has two aspects: (1) did Congress, by enacting 38 U.S.C. § 211(a), prohibit review by a federal court of plaintiffs’ constitutional…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Traynor v. TurnageSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Thurber v. BrownUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims · 1993
- Alex E. Winslow v. Harry N. Walters, Administrator of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Robert E. Devine, and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Max Cleland, Etc., Robert E. Devine v. Max Cleland, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Begg v. MoffittDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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