QUIBAN v. VETERANS ADMIN.

Nos. 89-5250, 89-5251, 89-5263 and 90-5193.

928 F.2d 1154 (1991)

Felomina QUIBAN v. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, Appellant. Leonila A. QUIZON v. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, Appellant. Porferio NARISMA v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1991.

As Amended March 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Mollin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and Raoul L. Carroll, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, were on the brief, for appellant, Veterans Admin.

Kenneth S. Kaufman, with whom Albert J. Beveridge, III, was on the brief, for amicus curiae, Veterans Federation of the Philippines, urging affirmance.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG, D. H. GINSBURG and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Just before the beginning of World War II, President Roosevelt invoked his power under the Philippine Independence Act, Pub.L. No. 73-127, § 2(a)(12), 48 Stat. 456, 457 (1934), to call various Philippine military organizations "into the service of American armed forces." 6 Fed.Reg. 3825 (1941). The first1 and second

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