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Marriage of Thorne

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Military Law
In marital dissolution proceedings involving the division of property interests in the husband's military pension, the trial court's modification of...

Lazaro v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Administrative Law, Government Law
On appeal of a final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board that denied the plaintiff's claim for relief under the Veterans Employment...

Lebron v. Rumsfeld

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Military Law
In a suit by a prisoner and his mother seeking a declaration that government defendants’ policies were unconstitutional, an order enjoining his future...

National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc. v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In a challenge to a rule issued by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to claims for service-connected disability benefits for...

Hennis v. Hemlick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In an appeal of a district court’s decision to abstain, on the basis of Schlesinger v. Councilman, 420 U.S. 738 (1975), and dismiss without prejudice...

US v. Kuok

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Military Law
In a prosecution alleging conspiracy and attempt to export defense articles without a license, money laundering, and conspiracy and attempt to smuggle...

Jarrard v. DOJ

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In consolidated suits by a preference-eligible veteran who was passed over for hiring as an attorney at the Social Security Administration and the...

Guillory v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Military Law
In a disabled veteran's suit for additional special monthly compensation for aid and attendance retroactive to the date of his service-related...

Wye Oak Technology, Inc. v. Republic of Iraq

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, International Law, Military Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district denying defendant's motion to dismiss, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, plaintiff's action for...

Patrick v. Shinseki

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Military Law
In a case in which a widow of a deceased veteran had prevailed on a claim for dependency and indemnity compensation from the Department of Veterans...