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Woodward v. United States

340 U.S. 929 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1951-02-26 Docket No. 476 English

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p. 929
No. 476.
Woodward v. United States et al.
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.

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.