# Cason v. United States

> United States Court of Claims · January 18, 1973 · 471 F.2d 1225

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8594606

## Case

- **Full name:** GILBERT M. CASON v. United States
- **Court:** United States Court of Claims
- **Decided:** January 18, 1973
- **Citations:** 471 F.2d 1225; 200 Ct. Cl. 424; 1973 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 6
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Skelton
- **Judges:** Bennett, Cowen, Davis, Kashiwa, Kunzig, Nichols, Skelton
- **Cited by:** 51 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Skelton, Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent because in my opinion the plaintiff’s case is clearly barred by laches. Plunkett v. United States, 58 Ct. Cl. 359 (1923) and Chamberlain v. United States, 66 Ct. Cl. 317 (1928), cert. denied, 279 U.S. 845 (1929).

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