Richard P. Lavin v. John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army of the United States, and the United States Army

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• noting that courts examine “whether the citizen dealing with the government has acted diligently to protect his own interests”
• adopting standard; finding failure to determine pension benefits or correct misunderstanding did not amount to pervasive pattern of false promises and so fell short
• adopting standard; finding failure to determine pension benefits or correct misunderstanding did not amount to pervasive pattern of false promises and so fell short
• no estoppel shown where the Army merely failed to determine pension eligibility or counteract misunderstanding
• no estoppel shown where the Army merely failed to determine pension eligibility or counteract misunderstanding
• plaintiff trying to rely on government actions to create a right to a military pension

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).