KAWITT v. U.S.

No. 87-1665.

842 F.2d 951 (1988)

Alan KAWITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Kawitt, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Elizabeth M. Landes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton Valukas, U.S. Atty., U.S. Attorney's Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Mr. Kawitt, a lawyer in private practice in Chicago, enlisted in the inactive Naval Reserve in 1984. He hoped to become an officer, and learn and practice military law, but he had to content himself with becoming a petty officer and serving as a law clerk. The maximum age for enlistment in the Naval Reserve is 42, see Naval Military Personnel Manual 1040150, ¶ 3 (1983), but in 1984 Kawitt was 46, having been born on December 19, 1937. On...

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