TORPATS v. McCONE

No. 16616.

300 F.2d 914 (1962)

John TORPATS, Appellant, v. John A. McCONE, Director, Central Intelligence Agency, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1962.

Petition for Rehearing Denied April 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Byron N. Scott, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Robert Day Scott, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Judah Best, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Nathan J. Paulson and Thomas D. Quinn, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Charles T. Duncan, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., and Arnold T. Aikens, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied En Banc April 11, 1962.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant sued in the District Court to compel the Central Intelligence Agency to restore him to his former position. He had been employed by C.I.A. from 1949 to 1958. During the course of his employment he progressed from GS-12 to GS-14 and was then demoted to GS-13. At various times preceding the discharge which he now challenges, he was in conflict with superiors. He appeals from...

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