ALLISON v. UNITED STATES

No. 19714.

426 F.2d 1324 (1970)

Archie W. ALLISON, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Archie W. Allison, Jr., Deceased, Archie W. Allison, Sr. and Mary Allison, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

May 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Glancz, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant; William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert V. Zener, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Ernest W. Rivers, U. S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., on the brief.

George S. Wilson, III, Owensboro, Ky., for plaintiffs-appellees; Wilson & Wilson, Owensboro, Ky., on the brief.

Before WEICK, EDWARDS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue here is whether a student at the University of Kentucky, who enrolled in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), and who died from natural causes while attending a six-weeks' training course at an ROTC summer camp, was automatically insured for $10,000 against death by Servicemen's Group Life Insurance (SGLI) provided for in 38 U.S.C. § 765 et seq. (Supp. 1970).

The Veterans' Administration construed the...

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