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HICKS v. FREEMAN

No. 11866.

397 F.2d 193 (1968)

Robert L. HICKS, Appellant, v. Orville FREEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson O. Everett, Durham, N. C. (William A. Creech, on the brief), for appellant.

Jack H. Weiner, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, and William H. Murdock, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, BOREMAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

On November 1, 1965, the Director of the Tobacco Division of the Department of Agriculture issued a directive changing the method of compensation of tobacco inspectors. Robert L. Hicks, who was appointed a tobacco inspector in 1955, brought this action against the Secretary of Agriculture asserting that the change violated his contract of employment. Alternatively, plaintiff pleads estoppel of defendant by a course of conduct from showing the...

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