Legal Opinion
Cleo Darlene Clark v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1973No. 73-1001PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiff Clark from an order of the District Court dismissing her complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The relevant facts are fully stated in the order of dismissal, Clark v. United States, 351 F.Supp. 692 (N.D.Iowa 1972), and will be only briefly summarized here.
Plaintiff is the mother of Garth Kevin Goodwin, now deceased, who served in the United States Navy from May 4, 1970, to June 3, 1970. Plaintiff’s son committed suicide on June 11,1970.
Plaintiff subsequently applied to the Veterans Administration for the proceeds…
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