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BEAL v. UNITED STATES

No. 11072.

182 F.2d 565 (1950)

BEAL et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 29, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe Oppenheimer, Washington, D. C., Harry B. Miller, and Harry B. Miller, Jr., Lexington, Ky., Monroe Oppenheimer and Robert E. Sher, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellants.

Irvin M. Gottlieb, Washington, D. C., Claude P. Stephens, Lexington, Ky., H. G. Morison, Edward H. Hickey, Irvin M. Gottlieb, and Joseph B. McGrath, all of Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellee.

Before HICKS, Chief Judge and SIMONS and ALLEN, Circuit Judges.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were firefighters employed by the War Department at the Lexington Signal Depot, a United States Army installation. They were required to be on duty under the so-called two-platoon system, 24 hours on and 24 hours off, and to remain alert within the confines of the depot during each 24 hour tour of duty, except for an 8 hour interval for sleep and meals, ready at all times to respond to fire calls. Their tour of duty totaled 168...

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