MATTURRI v. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

No. 11722.

229 F.2d 435 (1956)

Alexander J. MATTURRI v. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus A. Rowden, Washington, D. C. (Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raymond Del Tufo, U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., Samuel D. Slade, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Robert Scherling, Newark, N. J., for appellee.

Before MARIS, KALODNER and STALEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The only substantial question in this case is whether the term "principal employment" as used in section 12(a) of the Hatch Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 118k(a), relates to public employment alone or refers to private employment as well so that both types of employment must be considered in determining which is principal. The district court took the latter view, concluding that the petitioner's private law practice was his principal employment, and ruled that...

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