HILTON v. FORRESTAL

No. 9554.

165 F.2d 251 (1947)

HILTON v. FORRESTAL et al

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 29, 1947.

Writ of Certiorari Granted March 8, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter B. Wilbur, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Joseph M. Friedman, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., with whom Mr. Herbert A. Bergson, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and Mr. George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., and Mr. Julius Friedenson, Sp. Asst. to the Chief Law Officer, Civil Service Commission, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees. Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Mr. Joseph A. Carey, of Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.


Writ of Certiorari Granted March 8, 1948. See 68 S.Ct. 663.

PRETTYMAN, Justice.

Appellant brought a civil action in the District Court for a declaratory judgment.1 He alleged that he is a civil service employee of the United States Government at the Charleston, South Carolina, Navy Yard, with permanent status and with twelve years continuous and satisfactory service; that on November 8, 1946, he was placed in furlough status for...

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