ROTH v. BROWNELL

No. 12126.

215 F.2d 500 (1954)

ROTH v. BROWNELL, Jr., Attorney General of United States, et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1954.

Certiorari Denied October 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert S. Thatcher, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. J. Albert Woll, James A. Glenn, and James M. Fallon, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Donald B. MacGuineas, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Paul A. Sweeney, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees. Mr. Edward H. Hickey, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellees.

Mr. Claude L. Dawson, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of The Federal Employees Veterans Association, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN, and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied October 25, 1954. See 75 S.Ct. 89.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff sued to be restored to a position, from which the defendants had removed him, as Trial Attorney GS-14 in the Department of Justice. He appeals from an order of the District Court which granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint. Roth v. Brownell, D.C., 117 F.Supp. 362.

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