context: But, the subject matter' -- military pay and benefits -- at issue in Larionoff and Beckering is an exception to the general rule that service agreements are subject to traditional principles of contract law.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 366 U.S. 401, 401
citation_a.parenthetical: "common-law rules governing private contracts have no place in the area of military pay"
citation_a.sentence: Santiago, 425 F.3d at 554 n. 4 (noting that exceptions to the general rule have been carved out for the areas of military pay or benefits due to the “unique nature and characteristics of military service”); see also Bell, 366 U.S. at 401, 81 S.Ct. 1230 (“common-law rules governing private contracts have no place in the area of military pay”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that exceptions to the general rule have been carved out for the areas of military pay or benefits due to the "unique nature and characteristics of military service"
citation_b.sentence: Santiago, 425 F.3d at 554 n. 4 (noting that exceptions to the general rule have been carved out for the areas of military pay or benefits due to the “unique nature and characteristics of military service”); see also Bell, 366 U.S. at 401, 81 S.Ct. 1230 (“common-law rules governing private contracts have no place in the area of military pay”).