LEONARD v. DOUGLAS

No. 17529.

321 F.2d 749 (1963)

G. S. LEONARD, Appellant, v. John W. DOUGLAS, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur M. Becker, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George S. Leonard, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Howard E. Shapiro, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. Douglas, Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Alan S. Rosenthal, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 25, 1963.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sued the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General Orrick, now resigned,1 and the Chairman and Members of the Civil Service Commission, appellees, for declaratory and injunctive relief to retrieve the position in the Department of Justice from which he had been discharged. The District Court dismissed his complaint on appellees' motion for...

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