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WATERS v. RUMSFELD

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Public Law 95-485, pertaining to military commissary workers' status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), is constitutional, but denial of...

CHANDLER v. US AIR FORCE

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Section 308 of the Reserve Officers Personnel Act of 1954 did not apply to Air Force officers, and could not provide a basis for plaintiff's claim...

ROBERTS v. CALLAHAN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In a military prisoner's 28 U.S.C. section 2241 appeal of conviction by a general court-martial, grounds which were fully and fairly reviewed by the...

LUNNEY v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Military Law
Where plaintiff did not provide a "meaningful standard against which to judge the Navy's exercise of discretion" in its refusal to relinquish a Medal...

GREEN v. WHITE

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Military Law
The Army Board for Correction of Military Records' (ABCMR) decision, thirty-one years after plaintiff was discharged from the military, was a final...

MARTINEZ v. DEP'T OF THE U.S. ARMY

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Where a federal agency has not taken final action within 180 days of an employee complaint, and where plaintiff's abandonment of his EEOC appeal was...

ROLE MODELS AM., INC. v. WHITE

Administrative Law, Government Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The procedure followed by the Secretary of Defense, in conveying a closed military base to a state-created development corporation, violated...

DEP'T OF THE AIR FORCE v. FED. LABOR RELATIONS AUTH.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
5 U.S.C. section 7103(a)(9)'s definition of "grievance" encompasses complaints filed pursuant to a negotiated grievance procedure and those pursuant...

KOENIG v. DEP'T OF THE NAVY

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
A police officer at a U.S. Navy base was not a law enforcement officer under 5 U.S.C. section 8336(c)(1), and therefore was not entitled to more...

HAMDI v. RUMSFELD

Constitutional Law, International Law, Military Law
Because a U.S. citizen being detained on American soil was captured in a zone of active combat operations abroad, a Defense Department advisor's...