POWELL v. BRANNAN

No. 11134.

196 F.2d 871 (1952)

POWELL v. BRANNAN, Secretary of Agriculture et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude L. Dawson, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Joseph Kovner, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., and Edward H. Hickey, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty. at the time the record was filed, and Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is a veterans' preference case, relating to reassignment rights ("bumping rights") of the nature considered in Fass v. Gray, 90 U.S.App.D.C. ___, 197 F.2d 587. Appellant, after being released from the Department of Agriculture in a reduction in force, successfully appealed to the Civil Service Commission. The Department reinstated him, but in a position of lesser salary and responsibility than his former...

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