Albert H. Carter v. Robert Seamans, Jr., as Secretary of the Air Force

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• discharged member of Air Force sued Air Force officials seeking back pay, correction of military records and declaratory relief
• “It is hornbook law that mandamus is an extraordinary remedy which should be utilized only in the clearest and most compelling of cases.”
• “It is hornbook law that mandamus is an extraordinary remedy which should be utilized only in the clearest and most compelling of cases.”
• “It is hornbook law that mandamus is an extraordinary remedy which should be utilized only in the clearest and most compelling of cases.”
• mandamus and declaratory judgment jurisdiction in district court must be declined in non-tort suit for money damages over $10,000 because, inter alia, exercising district court jurisdiction would interfere with exclusive jurisdiction of Court of Claims over such suits
• “Carter prays for a declaration that he was promoted to the rank of Colonel on November 24, 1967. This relief is likewise available in the Court of Claims in the proper circumstances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).