KIRKPATRICK v. GRAY

Nos. 11144, 11216.

198 F.2d 533 (1952)

KIRKPATRICK v. GRAY et al. DONALDSON et al. v. PRIESTLY.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1952.

Writ of Certiorari Denied November 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis P. Noonan, Washington, D. C., for Kirkpatrick.

Joseph Kovner, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., and Edward H. Hickey, Atty., Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for Gray, Donaldson and others.

Edmund E. Pendleton, Jr., Washington, D. C., for Priestly. W. S. Culbertson. Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for Priestly.

Before EDGERTON, PROCTOR, and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied November 10, 1952. See 73 S.Ct. 178.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

Kirkpatrick, appellant in No. 11144, and Priestly, appellee in No. 11216, were honorably discharged veterans and therefore "preference eligibles" in government employment. Kirkpatrick, after being in government employment without competitive civil service status, was transferred in May 1948 to a position as Legal Examiner, Veterans' Administration, "Subject to check of...

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