Veterans & Military

  • Amos v. Advanced Funding, Inc.

    Disabled and Retired Veterans Challenge High-Interest Loans Secured by Military Benefits

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    October 05, 2004

  • Scarborough v. Principi

    Equal Access to Justice Act Fee Application May Be Amended After Filing Period Ends to Cure Failure to Allege That Government’s Position Was Not Substantially Justified, U.S. Supreme Court Rules

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    May 03, 2004

  • Paralyzed Veterans of Am. v. Sec'y of Veterans Affairs

    Federal Circuit Rejects Challenge to All But One Regulation Implementing Veterans Claims Assistance Act

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    September 22, 2003

  • Winsett v. Principi

    Federal Circuit Court of Appeals: "Clear and Unmistakable Error" Challenge to Veterans Affairs Claim Denial Foreclosed When Denial Was Appealed to and Decided by Court of Competent Jurisdication

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    August 19, 2003

  • Vaughn v. Principi

    Veterans’ Court Remands to Board of Veterans’ Appeals Do Not Entitle Claimants to Equal Access to Justice Act Attorney Fees as Prevailing Parties, Federal Circuit Finds

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    July 24, 2003

  • C & A Financial Programs, Inc. v. Elliott

    In Collection Action for Loan Secured by Military Pension, Defendant Counters with Truth-in-Lending Act and Consumer Protection Law Violations

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    July 23, 2003

  • Stephenson v. Dow Chem. Co.

    U.S. Supreme Court Partially Affirms Second Circuit Ruling That Prior Class Settlement Does Not Bar Veterans’ Claim Against Agent Orange Manufacturers

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    June 09, 2003

  • Carter v. Cal. Dep't of Veterans' Affairs

    California Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs Is Not Liable For Patient’s Sexual Harassment of Nurse Under California Fair Employment and Housing Act

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    June 04, 2003

  • Veterans Legal Defense Fund v. Schwartz

    7th Cir: Denial of Veterans’ Hiring Preference Did Not Violate Due Process If State Law Remedies Adequate and No Other Substantive Constitutional Right At Issue

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    June 02, 2003

  • In re Rules of Practice and Procedure

    Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Further Revises Rules of Practice and Procedure

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    May 16, 2003