VITARELLI v. SEATON

No. 101.

359 U.S. 535 (1959)

VITARELLI v. SEATON, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford J. Hynning argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Harry E. Sprogell.

John G. Laughlin, Jr. argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub and Samuel D. Slade.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the legality of petitioner's discharge as an employee of the Department of the Interior. Vitarelli, an educator holding a doctor's degree from Columbia University, was appointed in 1952 by the Department of the Interior as an Education and Training Specialist in the Education Department of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, at Koror in the Palau District, a mandated area for which this...

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