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VJG v. SEC. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Nos. 2015-7021, 2015-7025, 2015-7061.

818 F.3d 1336 (2016)

VETERANS JUSTICE GROUP, LLC, Petitioner v. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent. National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc., Petitioner v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent. The American Legion, Amvets, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Vietnam Veterans of America, National Veterans Legal Services Program, Petitioners v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 7, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Rosinski , Douglas J. Rosinski, Esq. Inc., Columbia, SC, argued for petitioner in 2015-7021.

Kenneth M. Carpenter , Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for petitioner in 2015-7025.

Francesco Valentini , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, argued for petitioners in 2015-7061. Also represented by Carl John Nichols ; Barton F. Stichman , National Veterans Legal Services Program.

Martin F. Hockey, Jr. , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by Robert E. Kirschman, Jr. , Benjamin C. Mizer ; David J. Barrans , Brian D. Griffin , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Thomas James Reed , Widener University, Wilmington, DE, for amicus curiae Warriors Helping Warriors, Inc. in 2015-7021.

Angela K. Drake , The Veterans Clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, MO, for amici curiae Angela K. Drake, Brian Clauss, Yelena Duterte, Hugh McClean, Laurie Forbes Neff, Patricia E. Roberts, Susan Saidel, Stacey-Rae Simcox, Aniela K. Szymanski, Michael Joel Wishnie in 2015-7021.

Brian Berliner , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger. Also represented by Jason Alan Orr , Dimitri Portnoi , Catalina Joos Vergara in 2015-7061.

Before PROST, Chief Judge, WALLACH and TARANTO, Circuit Judges.

In related petitions,1 the American Legion ("American Legion"), the National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, Inc. ("NOVA"), and the Veterans Justice Group, LLC ("VJG") (collectively, "Petitioners"), challenge the validity of regulations issued in 2014 by the Department of Veterans Affairs...

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