KERR v. BARNES

No. 13037.

242 F.2d 24 (1956)

Francis P. KERR, Appellant, v. Wendell B. BARNES et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Byron N. Scott, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Bernard Cedarbaum, Attorney, Department of Justice, for appellees. Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Paul A. Sweeney and John J. Cound, Attorneys, Department of Justice, were on the brief for appellees. Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Kerr was employed as an Industrial Specialist in an office of the Small Defense Plants Administration. He was in the classified civil service, GS-13, and was a veterans' preference eligible. In 1953, pursuant to an act of Congress,1 a Small Business Administration was created. At the same time the Small Defense Plants Administration was terminated. In the process Kerr was released from employment. He...

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