JONES v. SUMMERFIELD

No. 14705.

265 F.2d 124 (1959)

Albert Edgar JONES, Appellant, v. Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Postmaster General of the United States, and Harris Ellsworth, et al., as members of the United States Civil Service Commission, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Woolston, Philadelphia, Pa., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Mr. Harry S. Weidberg, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Benjamin C. Flannagan, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Kevin T. Maroney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees. Mr. Anthony F. Cafferky, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, WASHINGTON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This suit was brought to obtain reinstatement, based on the decision in Cole v. Young, 1956, 351 U.S. 536, 76 S.Ct. 861, 100 L.Ed. 1396, by a former Government employee who was discharged from a non-sensitive position on security grounds. Cf. Duncan v. Summerfield, 1957, 102 U.S.App.D.C. 185, 251 F.2d 896. Jones (a veteran) was removed on February 28, 1955; Cole was decided on June 11, 1956...

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