UNITED STATES v. ROYER

No. 359.

268 U.S. 394 (1925)

UNITED STATES v. ROYER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom the Solicitor General and Mr. Randolph S. Collins were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. George A. King, with whom Messrs. William B. King and George R. Shields were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

On August 5, 1918, General Pershing, commanding the American Expeditionary Forces, recommended by cable to the Chief of Staff the appointment of respondent, then first lieutenant, as major in the Medical Reserve Corps. The Surgeon General of the Army, to whom the recommendation was referred, recommended an approval of the appointment of respondent as captain and this was ratified by the Secretary of War. On...

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