ALLEN v. SPENCER

No. 11837.

214 F.2d 205 (1954)

ALLEN et al. v. SPENCER et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Irving Wilner, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Keith L. Seegmiller and Ray R. Murdock, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Milton D. Korman, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, and Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The question is whether the District Court erred in denying mandatory relief to require the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to (1) reconsider the retirements of plaintiffs, appellants, as members respectively of the District Police and Fire Departments, and (2) substitute for their existing retirement orders new ones consistent with the facts and law as might appear upon such reconsideration.

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