SEBASTAIN v. U.S.

No. 98-1263.

185 F.3d 1368 (1999)

Eleanor SEBASTAIN, Lewis Hinson, Robert Lowery, Charles W. Newhouser, Dennis Reynolds, Herbert Brown, Rudolph Singleton, James K. Rogers, Blane H. Lawson, Louie C. Hinson, Woody Nesbitt, Marion Pearson, Ronald D'Anella, Walter Ewing, Leonard Bartlette and Coalition of Retired Military Veterans, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Kator, Kator, Scott & Parks, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.

E. Roy Hawkens, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief was Barbara C. Biddle, Attorney. Of counsel on the brief was Lt. Col. Douglas Mickle, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army Litigation Division, Department of the Army, of Arlington, Virginia.

Before NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and MICHEL, Circuit Judge.


FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The district court dismissed a complaint by retired career military personnel seeking just compensation for the government's alleged taking of their purported right to lifetime free medical care. We affirm.

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The appellants are retired career members of the military service, surviving spouses of deceased members, and an association of such persons (collectively, the Retirees). They filed a complaint in the United States...

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