Supreme Court of the United States, 1951

Woodward v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 26, 1951 · No. 476

340 U.S. 929; 71 S. Ct. 496; 95 L. Ed. 670; 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2179 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Claude T. Wood for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman filed a memorandum stating that the United States was not opposed to the grant of the petition in this case, in view of a conflict between the Third and Eighth Circuits. Jean Paul Bradshaw for Haizlip, respondent.

Opinion of the Court

C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari granted, limited to the question whether a brother by adoption is within the permissible class of beneficiaries under § 602 (g) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940.

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