· 8/10/1983
David L. Bowling v. The United States
Citations
- 713 F.2d 1558
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 13648
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the Claims Court has limited jurisdiction to review a court-martial judgment if presented as “a collateral attack . . . on constitutional grounds”
- asserting that “it is not the responsibility of a civil court to reweigh the factual evidence” utilized in court-martial determinations
- claiming that “the nexus between Mr. Watson’s claims here and his court-martial is the simple fact that the court-martial adjudicated, by guilty plea, an allegation of misconduct that also led to his involuntary [discharge]”
- court-martial proceeding reviewable only when there is such a deprivation of fundamental fairness as to impair due process
- court-martial proceeding reviewable when there is such a deprivation of fundamental fairness as to impair due process
- “Our own precedents hold that questions of fact resolved by military courts cannot be collaterally attacked.”
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Judges: Bennett, Smith, Nies
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