HANCOCK v. MITCHELL

No. 11809.

231 F.2d 652 (1956)

Charles W. HANCOCK, Appellant, v. James P. MITCHELL, Secretary of Labor, and William McCauley, Director, United States Employees' Compensation Commission.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Hancock, pro se.

Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul A. Sweeney, Richard M. Markus, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Raymond De Tufo, Jr., Newark, N. J., for appellees.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from the dismissal of his complaint by the district court for the district of New Jersey. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff, a civilian employee of the United States who had contracted a chronic disease in government service, had been denied compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. A. § 751 et seq. by the Director of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation or its predecessor, the...

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