Hernandez v. Veterans Administration 8212 700, No. 72
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | BRENNAN |
| Parties | Henry HERNANDEZ et al., Petitioners, v. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION et al. —700 |
| Docket Number | No. 72 |
| Decision Date | 04 March 1974 |
v.
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION et al.
Syllabus
Petitioners, who were denied educational benefits under the Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 because, as conscientious objectors exempt from the military service who performed alternative civilian service, they were ineligible for such benefits, brought actions challenging the constitutionality, on First and Fifth Amendment grounds, of the provisions of the Act making them ineligible. The District Court dismissed the actions on the grounds that jurisdiction was barred by 38 U.S.C. § 211(a) and petitioners' constitutional claims were insubstantial and without merit. The Court of Appeals affirmed on the basis of the jurisdictional bar. Held: Section 211(a) does not bar judicial consideration of constitutional challenges to veterans' benefits legislation. Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361, 94 S.Ct. 1160, 39 L.Ed.2d 389. P. 393.
467 F.2d 479, vacated and remanded.
Lawrence L. Curtice, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, San Francisco, Cal., and Jack R. Petranker, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, for petitioners.
Gerald P. Norton, Washington, D.C., for respondents.
Mr. Justice BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.
Petitioners, like the appellee and his class in Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361, 94 S.Ct. 1160, 39 L.Ed.2d 389, are Class I O conscientious ob-
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jectors who, upon completion of alternative civilian service pursuant to § 6(j) of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C.App. § 456(j), and the governing regulations of the Selective Service System, 32 CFR, Part 1660, applied for educational benefits provided by the Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966. The Veterans' Administration denied petitioners' application for the reasons upon which appellee Robison's request was denied, i.e., because a Class I—O conscientious objector who has performed alternative civilian service does not qualify under 38 U.S.C. § 1652(a)(1) as a 'veteran who . . . served on active duty' (defined in 38 U.S.C. § 101(21) as 'full time duty in the Armed Forces'), and is therefore not an 'eligible veteran' entitled under 38 U.S.C. § 1661(a) to veterans' educational benefits provided by the Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966.
Alleging that those sections of the 1966 Act discriminate against conscientious...
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