RITTER v. STRAUSS

No. 14225.

261 F.2d 767 (1958)

John C. RITTER, Appellant, v. Lewis L. STRAUSS, Secretary of Commerce, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Hershel Shanks, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. George C. Doub, Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees. Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before MADDEN, Judge, United States Court of Claims, and WILBUR K. MILLER and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


MADDEN, Judge.

The appellant sued to compel the Secretary of Commerce, the Civil Service Commission and other officials of the Government to restore him to a GS-11 position in the Bureau of the Census in the Department of Commerce. In the District Court the parties made cross motions for summary judgment. The motion of the defendants was granted, without opinion, and the plaintiff has appealed.

In 1951 the appellant and one Henry A. Bloom each held GS-11 positions...

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