BARNETT v. WEINBERGER

No. 81-2122.

818 F.2d 953 (1987)

Eric J. BARNETT, individually and as parent and next friend of Rachael Lynn Barnett, a minor, Appellant, v. Caspar WEINBERGER, Secretary of Defense of the United States of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1987.

As Amended May 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. X. Dolan, Bethesda, Md., for appellant.

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Royce C. Lamberth, R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Cheryl M. Long, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Paul S. Koffsky, Atty., Dept. of Defense, were on the brief, for appellee. Kenneth M. Raisler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before ROBINSON, Circuit Judge, and McGOWAN and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBINSON.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal stems from a judgment of the District Court dismissing appellant's action for an injunction permanently barring the Department of Defense from terminating medical benefits for his daughter. We find that the decision to discontinue these benefits rests wholly upon departmental regulations which as interpreted are fatally at odds with the statutory...

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