28 U.S.C. § 513

Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments

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When a question of law arises in the administration of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force, the cognizance of which is not given by statute to some other officer from whom the Secretary of the military department concerned may require advice, the Secretary of the military department shall send it to the Attorney General for disposition.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1938–2006 · leading case: Aero Corp. v. Department of the Navy
Aero Corp. v. Department of the Navy (1982) dcd “28 U.S.C. § 513 (Attorney General to advise secretaries of military departments on legal questions “the cognizance of which is not given by statute to some other officer from whom the Secretary of the military department concerned may require advice”).”
United States ex rel. Midland Loan Finance Co. v. National Surety Corp. (1938) mnd “Congress evidently intended that a clerk’s failure timely to enter or satisfy judgments in behalf of private suitors, for *416 instance, would constitute a breach of the bond.”
United States v. McCormick (2006) ca4 “PER CURIAM: Ralph Eugene McCormick pled guilty to four counts of making, uttering, and possessing a forged security, in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 513 (2000), and was sentenced to forty-eight months in prison.”
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