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DROWN v. HIGLEY

No. 13513.

244 F.2d 774 (1957)

Glenn F. DROWN, Appellant, v. H. V. HIGLEY, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donald M. Murtha, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Herbert S. Thatcher, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. George C. Doub, Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Paul A. Sweeney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees.

Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

As a result of a reduction in force in an office of the Veterans Administration appellant, rather than a competing employee, lost his position.1 There is serious doubt that in their application to the facts of this case the regulations under which this occurred gave due effect to appellant's length of service as required by statute.2 We do not resolve this doubt because appellant failed to pursue...

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