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49 citation events (6 in the last 25 years) across 21 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Marlon B. Slater v. United States (ca11, 2006-04-10) · Strongest negative: Joe Tyson Mathes v. R.L. Hornbarger (ca7, 1987-06-10)
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Top citers, strongest first. 23 distinct citers. How cited ↗
cited Cited "but see" Joe Tyson Mathes v. R.L. Hornbarger
7th Cir. · 1987 · signal: but see · confidence high
But see Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir.1977) (per curiam) (§ 211(a) bars even a constitutional challenge to the VA’s hearing procedures).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Marlon B. Slater v. United States
11th Cir. · 2006 · confidence medium
See 38 U.S.C. § 511 (a); Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936-37 (5th Cir.1977) (holding that 38 U.S.C. § 211 (a), repealed by Pub.L. 102-83, § 2 (a), and renumbered § 511(a), prevented the Court from exercising jurisdiction over a veterans claim because it did not seek to challenge the constitutionality of the statutes underlying the benefits program).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Cheves v. Department of Veterans Affairs
M.D. Fla. · 2002 · confidence medium
Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Zuspann v. Brown
5th Cir. · 1995 · confidence medium
Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977). 8 . 38 U.S.C. § 511 (a) (1991). 9 . 38 U.S.C. § 7251 (1991). 10 . 38 U.S.C. § 7104 (a) (1995). 11 . 38 U.S.C. §§ 7252 (a), 7266(a) (1995). 12 . 38 U.S.C. § 7292 (1991). 13 . ' 38 U.S.C. § 7292 (c) (1991). 14 .
cited Cited as authority (rule) Freda Greenwood and Peggy O'leary, Individually and as Representatives of the Estate of William Greenwood, Deceased v. United States
5th Cir. · 1988 · confidence medium
Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Zayas v. Veterans Administration
D.P.R. · 1987 · confidence medium
See Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 , 94 S.Ct. 1160 , 39 L.Ed.2d 389 (1974); Johnson v. United States, 749 F.2d 1530, 1533 (11th Cir.1985); Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Eugene Traynor v. Harry W. Walters, Administrator of the Veterans Administration, Defendants (2×)
2d Cir. · 1986 · confidence medium
See Walters v. National Association of Radiation Survivors, --- U.S. ----, 105 S.Ct. 3180, 3182 , 87 L.Ed.2d 220 (1985) ("[j]udicial review of VA decisions is precluded by statute"); Pappanikoloaou v. Administrator of the Veterans Administration, 762 F.2d 8, 9 (2d Cir.) ("[o]ne may not circumvent Sec. 211(a) by seeking damages on a constitutional claim arising out of a denial of benefits"), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 106 S.Ct. 150 , 88 L.Ed.2d 124 (1985); accord Rosen v. Walters, 719 F.2d 1422, 1424-25 (9th Cir.1983); Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977); Ros…
cited Cited as authority (rule) McKelvey v. Walters
D.D.C. · 1984 · signal: contra · confidence medium
Contra Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Cabiya San Miguel v. United States Veterans Administrator
D.P.R. · 1984 · confidence medium
Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977); Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618 (9th Cir.1972).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Calvin Rosen v. Harry N. Walters, Director of the Veterans Administration, and the Veterans Administration
9th Cir. · 1983 · confidence medium
See also Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618, 619 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 984 , 93 S.Ct. 326 , 34 L.Ed.2d 249 (1972); Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir.1977); De Rodulfa v. United States, 461 F.2d 1240 at 1256-58 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 949 , 93 S.Ct. 270 , 34 L.Ed.2d 220 (1972).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Barry v. United States
D.S.C. · 1981 · confidence medium
Citing Ross, id., the court pointed out that “The facts that this suit assumes the posture of constitutional attack, and that it seeks damages rather than remand, do not remove the case from the pall of § 211(a).” Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir. 1977).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Carter v. Cleland
D.D.C. · 1979 · confidence medium
E. g., Moore v. Johnson, 582 F.2d 1228, 1232 (9th Cir. 1978) (challenge to relocation of disabled veterans; unreviewable even if discretion abused); Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935, 936 (5th Cir. 1977) (per curiam) (challenge to denial of benefits on constitutional grounds; fact that suit “assumes the posture of constitutional attack” does not remove pall of § 211(a)); Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618, 619 (9th Cir. 1972) (per curiam) (suit for damages because of denial of benefits barred by § 211(a) although denial of due process was alleged); Wexler v. Roudebush, 4…
discussed Cited "see" Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Ass'n v. Veterans' Administration
S.D.N.Y. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir.1977) (per curiam); Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 984 [ 93 S.Ct. 326 , 34 L.Ed.2d 249 ] ... (1972); Milliken v. Gleason, 332 F.2d 122 (1st Cir.1964) (per curiam), cert. denied, 379 U.S. 1002 [ 85 S.Ct. 723 , 13 L.Ed.2d 703 ] ... (1965).
discussed Cited "see" George Pappanikoloaou v. Administrator of the Veterans Administration
2d Cir. · 1985 · signal: see · confidence high
See Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir.1977) (per curiam); Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 984 , 93 S.Ct. 326 , 34 L.Ed.2d 249 (1972); Milliken v. Gleason, 332 F.2d 122 (1st Cir.1964) (per curiam), cert. denied, 379 U.S. 1002 , 85 S.Ct. 723 , 13 L.Ed.2d 703 (1965).
cited Cited "see" Carter ex rel. Middleton v. Cleland
D.C. Cir. · 1980 · signal: see · confidence high
See Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977); Mulvaney v. Stetson, 470 F.Supp. 725 (N.D.Ill.1979).
cited Cited "see" Carter v. Cleland
D.C. Cir. · 1980 · signal: see · confidence high
See Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977); Mulvaney v. Stetson, 470 F.Supp. 725 (N.D.Ill.1979).
cited Cited "see" Mulvaney v. Stetson
N.D. Ill. · 1979 · signal: see · confidence high
See Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977); Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 984 , 93 S.Ct. 326 , 34 L.Ed.2d 249 (1972).
cited Cited "see" Cox v. United States Veterans Administration
N.D. Tex. · 1979 · signal: see · confidence high
See Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 , 94 S.Ct. 1160 , 39 L.Ed.2d 389 (1974), and Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977).
discussed Cited "see" Isobel Moore v. Donald E. Johnson
9th Cir. · 1978 · signal: see · confidence high
See Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977); Langston v. Johnson, 156 U.S.App.D.C. 5 , 6, 8, 478 F.2d 915 , 916, 918 (1973); Milliken v. Gleason, 332 F.2d 122, 123 (1st Cir. 1964), cert. denied, 379 U.S. 1002 , 85 S.Ct. 723 (1965); Perry v. United States, 405 F.Supp. 1061 (E.D.Mo.1975); Taylor v. United States, 379 F.Supp. 642, 649-50 (W.D.Ark.1974).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Evelyn Elisabeth Kirkhuff v. Robert P. Nimmo, Administrator, Veterans Affairs
D.C. Cir. · 1982 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977); Mulvaney v. Stetson, 470 F.Supp. 725 (N.D.Ill.E.D.1979).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Opal Lee Taylor for Mary Alice Taylor v. United States
8th Cir. · 1981 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Beacom v. Veterans Administration
W.D. Mo. · 1981 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e. g., Anderson v. Veterans Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977); Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618 (9th Cir. 1972); Perry v. United States, 405 F.Supp. 1061 (E.D.Mo.1975).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Wayne State University v. Max Cleland
6th Cir. · 1978 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e. g., Anderson v. Veterans’ Administration, 559 F.2d 935 (5th Cir. 1977); Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 984 , 93 S.Ct. 326 , 34 L.Ed.2d 269 (1972); DeRodulfa v. United States, 140 U.S.App.D.C. 154 , 461 F.2d 1240 , cert. denied, 409 U.S. 949 , 149 U.S.App.D.C. 154 (1972); Wickline v. Brooks, 446 F.2d 1391 (4th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 404 U.S. 1061 , 92 S.Ct. 749 , 30 L.Ed.2d (1972); Holley v. United States, 352 F.Supp. 175 (S.D.Ohio 1972), aff’d without opinion, 477 F.2d 600 (6th Cir. 1973).
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Daniel Anderson, Sr. (Gladys Anderson, Wife of Daniel Anderson, Sr., Substituted in the Place of and Stead of Daniel Anderson, Sr., Deceased)
v.
Veterans Administration
75-3926.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Aug 16, 1977.
559 F.2d 935
Cited by 5 opinions  |  Published

559 F.2d 935

Daniel ANDERSON, Sr. (Gladys Anderson, wife of Daniel
Anderson, Sr., substituted in the place of and
stead of Daniel Anderson, Sr.,
Deceased), Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 75-3926.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fifth Circuit.

Aug. 16, 1977.

Jack Peebles, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., William Kanter, Atty., App. Sec., Michael F. Hertz, Atty., Dept. of Just., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Walter E. Kollin, Victor J. Bradbury, Metairie, La., for Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Before THORNBERRY and GEE, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY,[*] Chief Judge.

PER CURIAM:

1

Daniel Anderson, Sr., a veteran, filed this action seeking damages arising from the Veterans Administration's denial of his claim for benefits for an asserted service-related injury.[1] In this action, Anderson claims that the hearing procedures were constitutionally inadequate, and asserts that Veterans Administration officials violated his constitutional and civil rights. The district court dismissed the suit. We affirm, but do so on grounds differing from those supporting the district court's decision.

2

We hold that the federal courts have no jurisdiction over this case. 38 U.S.C. § 211(a) provides:

3

. . ., the decisions of the Administrator on any question of law or fact concerning a claim for benefits or payments under any law administered by the Veterans' Administration shall be final and conclusive and no other official or any court of the United States shall have power or jurisdiction to review any such decision.

4

Clearly, § 211(a) does not bar suits challenging the constitutionality of the statutes underlying the veterans' benefits program. Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361, 94 S.Ct. 1160, 39 L.Ed.2d 389 (1974). This suit, however, does not challenge any statutory provision or classification. Rather it challenges, on constitutional grounds, the actions of the Administrator under the relevant statutes in determining eligibility for veterans' benefits.

5

The facts that this suit assumes the posture of constitutional attack, and that it seeks damages rather than remand, do not remove the case from the pall of § 211(a). See Ross v. United States, 462 F.2d 618 (9 Cir. 1972) (civil damage suit asserting denial of due process barred by § 211(a)); Milliken v. Gleason, 332 F.2d 122 (1 Cir. 1964) (§ 211(a) bars suit alleging deprivation of constitutional and civil rights by illegal seizure and use of evidence and by inadequate administrative hearing procedures); Barefield v. Byrd, 320 F.2d 455 (5 Cir. 1963) (§ 211(a) removes jurisdiction from action claiming denial of opportunity to examine evidence and to face adverse witnesses); Van Horne v. Hines, 74 App.D.C. 214, 122 F.2d 207 (1941) (claim of no notice or opportunity to be heard barred by predecessor of § 211(a)).

6

Accordingly, we hold that § 211(a) precludes our courts from assuming jurisdiction over this case.

7

The judgment of the district court dismissing the case is AFFIRMED.

*

Of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, sitting by designation

1

After filing this appeal, Daniel Anderson died. Pursuant to F.R.A.P. 43(a), this court granted the motion of Anderson's widow and personal representative, Gladys Anderson, to be substituted as a party in Daniel Anderson's place