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..... , 42 stat. 148. [ footnote 5 ] c. 320, 43 stat. 607. [ footnote 6 ] 43 stat. 1310. [ footnote 7 ] the insurance contract is expressly made subject to the war risk insurance act of 1917, and all amendments thereto. see white v. united states, 270 u. s. 175 , 270 u. s. 180 . [ footnote 8 ] although the veterans bureau denied recovery ..... to the court of appeals for the district of columbia syllabus 1. under 303 of the world war veterans act of 1924, as amended by act of 1925, where the beneficiary of a yearly renewable term insurance policy dies, after having received part of the 240 monthly installments provided for in the contract, and the ..... 40 stat. 398, 409]. . . . [ footnote 4 ]" the world war veterans' act of 1924 [ footnote 5 ] superseded the war risk insurance act of 1917 and its amendments. it provided, in 303: "if no person within the permitted class of beneficiaries survives the insured, or if, before the completion of payments, the beneficiary or beneficiaries shall die and there .....
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..... ) is a wholly government-owned enterprise, created by the federal crop insurance act, as an "agency of and within the department of agriculture." sec. 503 of chapter 30, act of february 16, 1938, 52 stat. 72, 7 u.s.c. 1503, as amended. to carry out the purposes of the act, the corporation, "commencing with the wheat . . . crops planted ..... for harvest in 1945," is empowered "to insure, upon such terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions ..... 508(a), as page 332 u. s. 382 amended, 55 stat. 255, in turn amended by the act of december 23, 1944, chapter 713, 58 stat. 918, 7 u.s.c.supp. v, 1508(a). in pursuance of its authority, the corporation, on february 5, 1945, promulgated its wheat crop insurance regulations, which were duly published in the federal .....
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..... whether the california community property law, as applied in this case, conflicts with certain provisions of the national service life insurance act of 1940, [ footnote 1 ] and, if so, whether the federal law is consistent with the fifth amendment to the constitution of the united states. the cause is here on appeal from the final judgment of a california district ..... insurance. p. 338 u. s. 661 . 89 cal.app.2d 759, 201 p.2d 837, reversed. page 338 u. ..... is in issue. pp. 338 u. s. 659 -660. 2. the national service life insurance act is a valid exercise of the congressional powers over national defense. pp. 338 u. s. 660 -661. 3. no issue under the fifth amendment is presented, because the act precludes any claim by the widow of a "vested" right in the proceeds of the .....
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..... and deprived them of rights in violation of the constitution; that the executive order violates the first, fifth, ninth, and tenth amendments to the constitution; that 9a of the hatch act, as construed and applied, is void; and that petitioners were suffering irreparable injury and had no adequate remedy at law. the ..... 000. its members pay dues for the general expenses of the order, and many of them make additional contributions for life, sickness and disability insurance. in addition to its insurance activities, the order "attempts to encourage the preservation of the cultural heritages and artistic values developed . . . by the peoples of the different ..... sued for declaratory judgments and injunctive relief. they alleged that their organizations were engaged in charitable or civic activities or in the business of fraternal insurance; all three implied an attitude of cooperation and helpfulness, rather than one of hostility or disloyalty toward the united states; and two expressly alleged .....
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..... must construe today. [ footnote 18 ] since this policy matured in 1945, we are not here concerned with whatever effects the 1946 amendments to the national service life insurance act might have on this or similar cases. [ footnote 19 ] see 24 comp.dec. 733 (1918); bulletin, note 16 supra; communication to ..... supported wholly by foster parents, the latter being excluded from participation by the act. [ footnote 21 ] upon recommendation of the veterans' administrator, congress, in 1942, amended the act to foreclose that result. persons who stood in loco parentis to the insured for at least one year prior to his entry into active military service were ..... cessation of hostilities in world wars i and ii, placed its insurance programs on more nearly a commercial basis. amendments page 344 u. s. 72 to the war risk insurance act in 1919 expanded the permitted beneficiary class to include more distant relatives of the insured, and, significantly, provided that installments payable but unpaid upon a .....
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..... . [ footnote 12 ] the government page 352 u. s. 208 contends that this 1942 amendment was to clarify and reaffirm the meaning of the 1940 act. however, it appears that the veterans' administration requested the 1942 amendment to ". . . eliminate the possibility of requiring the government to pay premiums on insurance which the insured does not intend to carry except during his period of active service. . . . [ footnote ..... states for its payment of defaulted premiums on their commercial life insurance policies pursuant to requests made by them before the 1942 amendment that their policies be protected under the act against lapse during their time of military service and for one year thereafter. pp. 352 u. s. 203 -211. 1. the 1940 act contained no provision which required reimbursement for premiums paid by .....
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..... or tax upon such business, unless such act specifically relates to the business of insurance: provided, that after june 30, 1948, the act of july 2, 1890, as amended, known as the sherman act, and the act of october 15, 1914, as amended, known as the clayton act, and the act of september 26, 1914, known as the federal trade commission act, as amended, shall be applicable to the business of ..... insurance to the extent that such business is not .....
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..... one; consequently, it is within the constitutional power of congress under 2 of the fifteenth amendment. page 400 u. s. 285 ii section 202 added by the voting rights act amendments of 1970 is a comprehensive provision aimed at insuring that a citizen will not be deprived of the opportunity to vote for the offices of ..... the suffrage. as a result, at least three identifiable groups may have existed within the republican majorities that enacted and ratified the amendment -- those who thought that congress would have power to insure to negroes the same right to suffrage as the states gave to whites, those who thought that congress would not have such ..... meet state residency requirements and provide uniform national rules for absentee voting in such elections. held: (1) the 18-year-old minimum-age requirement of the voting rights act amendments is valid for national elections. (2) that requirement is not valid for state and local elections. (3) the literacy test provision is valid. (4) the .....
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..... prohibition against discrimination in federally funded projects contained in 601 is more than a simple paraphrasing of what the fifth or fourteenth amendment would require. the act's proponents plainly considered title vi consistent with their view of the constitution, and they sought to provide an effective weapon to ..... subject to discrimination. this action might take the form, for example, of special arrangements for obtaining referrals or making selections which will insure that groups previously subjected to discrimination are adequately served." these regulations clearly establish that, where there is a need to overcome the effects ..... other scholarships and awards are available to students who meet special eligibility qualifications. medical students are also eligible to participate in the federally insured student loan program and the american medical association education and research foundation loan program." applications for admission are available from: admissions office school .....
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..... ' affairs); see also s.rep. no. 619, 89th cong., 1st sess., 3 (1965). the earlier program of federally sponsored life insurance for service members, see national service life insurance act of 1940, 54 stat. 1008, and national service life insurance act of 1958, as amended, 38 u.s.c. 701 et seq. (nslia), placed in effect shortly before the involvement of this country in world war ..... have designated by a writing. . . ." 38 u.s.c. 770(a). [ footnote 3/16 ] in the war risk insurance act of 1917, 402, 40 stat. 409, insurance proceeds were payable only to a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister. in 1919, the act was amended and the permitted class of beneficiaries was enlarged to include uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, brothers-in-law, and sisters .....
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