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FRENCH v. WEEKS

No. 724.

259 U.S. 326 (1922)

UNITED STATES EX REL. FRENCH v. WEEKS, SECRETARY OF WAR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel T. Ansell and Mr. Charles Pope Caldwell, with whom Mr. Edward S. Bailey was on the brief, for plaintiff in error. For a summary of their argument in this and the next succeeding case, see post, 337.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Frederick M. Brown for defendant in error.

Mr. Daniel Wilkinson Iddings, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

In the petition in this case a writ of mandamus is prayed for, commanding the Secretary of War to annul an order by him, purporting to have been made by direction and authority of the President, approving the action of a final classification board and retiring the relator, Colonel John W. French, from active service in the Army, under the provisions of § 24b of the Army Reorganization Act, approved June 4...

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