BALL v. UNITED STATES

No. 149-55.

137 F.Supp. 740 (1956)

Earle Robert BALL, The Heirs of John S. Becker, Deceased: Eugene C. Callahan, Everett T. Crossan, Robert J. Deegan, Charles S. Flippen, John Galvin, Willie A. Hopkins, William E. Mason, Charles Montini, John T. Moyer, Harry H. Murray, Raymond John Reilly, Louis R. Shields, Charles E. Weir v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel I. Sherwood, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

LeRoy Southmayd, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom was Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.


LARAMORE, Judge.

Plaintiffs, all honorably discharged veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States entitled to rights conferred by the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 387, 390, as amended, 61 Stat. 723, 5 U.S.C.A. § 851 et seq., 863, are employed by the Department of the Navy at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

On January 5, 1948, all plaintiffs, except Eugene C. Callahan, were reduced in rank...

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