Galloway v. United States

Galloway (plaintiff) claimed severe psychological problems stemming from military service in France between 1917 and 1919, and sought total disability benefits years later after being denied by the Veterans Administration; at trial, he presented expert testimony reflecting on a roughly ten-year gap in his history with essentially no direct evidence -- his wife didn't testify, and a friend's testimony was vague -- leading the district court to grant the government's motion for a directed verdict at the close of evidence, which the court of appeals affirmed before the Supreme Court granted certiorari.