Court Opinion

ID: 9732642
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:29:38.114767+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:11.572266
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WHITAKER, Judge
(concurring).
I agree with what the court has said relative to plaintiff’s first claim. I also agree with its disposition of the second claim, but only on the ground that the filing of his petition in this court claiming the benefits of the Career Compensation Act constitutes the election required to be made within five years from the passage of that Act. I think it is doubtful whether plaintiff can be excused for not having made the election because of the misinformation given him by the Adjutant General, see Munro v. United States, 303 U.S. 36, 41, 58 S. Ct. 421, 82 L.Ed. 633; and Federal Crop Insurance Corp. v. Merrill, 332 U.S. 380, 68 S.Ct. 1, 92 L.Ed. 10, but I do not think we have to decide this, because I think the filing of the petition constitutes the required election.