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Di Silvestro v. United States Veterans' Administration

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Jan 3, 1956
228 F.2d 516 (2d Cir. 1956)

Opinion

No. 211, Docket 23883.

Argued December 8, 1955.

Decided January 3, 1956.

Joseph W. Di Silvestro, appellant, pro se.

Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard P. Moore, U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., Paul A. Sweeney and John G. Laughlin, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before SWAN, FRANK and LUMBARD, Circuit Judges.


This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint in an action which sought judicial review of a decision of the Veterans' Administration forfeiting under the provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 715, a compensation award previously made to the plaintiff. By 38 U.S.C.A. § 705 judicial review of such a decision is explicitly prohibited. The judgment is affirmed on Judge Galston's opinion, D.C., 132 F. Supp. 692.


Summaries of

Di Silvestro v. United States Veterans' Administration

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Jan 3, 1956
228 F.2d 516 (2d Cir. 1956)
Case details for

Di Silvestro v. United States Veterans' Administration

Case Details

Full title:Joseph W. DI SILVESTRO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES VETERANS…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Date published: Jan 3, 1956

Citations

228 F.2d 516 (2d Cir. 1956)

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