BERKEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 171-65.

361 F.2d 983 (1966)

Charles M. BERKEY v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 10, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John I. Heise, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Daniel F. Boone, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Katherine H. Johnson, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. John W. Douglas, for defendant.

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, and LARAMORE, DURFEE, DAVIS and COLLINS, Judges.


ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFF'S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DAVIS, Judge.

This case calls upon us to X-ray an opaque piece of legislation relating to veterans who die while institutionalized in federal facilities. The basic issue is whether Congress has forbidden the payment to plaintiff of the retirement pay accumulated by his late father, a retired Army officer, during the many years the father was an incompetent patient...

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