LAMB v. PATTERSON

No. 9041.

154 F.2d 319 (1946)

LAMB v. PATTERSON, Secretary of War.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided March 25, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Roger Robb, of Washington, D.C., with whom Messrs. Samuel T. Ansell and Mahlon C. Masterson, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Daniel B. Maher, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees. Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.

This appeal presents for review an order of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia which granted the appellees' motion to dismiss the appellant's complaint. The suit was filed by the appellant to obtain a judicial ruling that he is an honorably discharged soldier of World War I, and a mandatory direction to the appellees to issue to him a certificate of honorable discharge as such.

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