WIENER v. UNITED STATES

No. 52.

357 U.S. 349 (1958)

WIENER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 30, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. H. Wachtel argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Solicitor General Rankin argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Doub, Paul A. Sweeney and Herman Marcuse.


MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit for back pay, based on petitioner's alleged illegal removal as a member of the War Claims Commission. The facts are not in dispute. By the War Claims Act of 1948, 62 Stat. 1240, Congress established that Commission with "jurisdiction to receive and adjudicate according to law," § 3, claims for compensating internees, prisoners of war, and religious...

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