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Veterans Claims· 5/3/1995

Giancaterino v. Brown

Citations

  • 7 Vet. App. 555
  • 1995 U.S. Vet. App. LEXIS 341
  • 1995 WL 254451

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that 38 U.S.C. § 103(e) does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment because it is \rationally related to legitimate governmental interests\
  • holding that when “[t]he facts are not in dispute, and the only issue is purely a constitutional claim, ... this Court is empowered to make determinations regarding constitutional claims” in the first instance
  • noting that a statute's presumption of rationality \'can only be overcome by a clear showing of arbitrariness and irrationality'\ (quoting Hodel v. Indiana, 452 U.S. 314, 331-32 (1981))
  • noting that a statute’s presumption of rationality “‘can only be overcome by a clear showing of arbitrariness and irrationality’” (quoting Hodel v. Indiana, 452 U.S. 314, 331-32, 101 S.Ct. 2376, 69 L.Ed.2d 40 (1981))
  • \[T]his Court is empowered to make determinations regarding constitutional claims.\

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Judges: Holdaway, Ivers, Mankin

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