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JOHNSON v. NELSON

Nos. 10109, 10110.

180 F.2d 386 (1950)

JOHNSON, Secretary of National Defense, et al. v. NELSON. JOHNSON, Secretary of National Defense, et al. v. REEVES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1950.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 15, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eugene T. Maher, attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, with whom Assistant Attorney General H. G. Morison and Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., and Edward H. Hickey, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellants. Mr. Ross O'Donoghue, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Mr. Claude L. Dawson, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 15, 1950. See 70 S.Ct. 980.

PER CURIAM.

The appellees, war veterans employed by the Navy Department, sue to get back supervisory positions from which they were demoted during a reduction in force. They maintain that since their efficiency ratings were good or better, their veterans' preference rights were violated when they were demoted while non-veterans with equal ratings were not. 37 Stat. 413, § 4, formerly 5 U.S.C.A...

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