John J. LEONARD et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Appeal of UNITED STATES of America et al.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard November 8, 1973.
Decided January 17, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David M. Cohen, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Irving Jaffee, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, was on brief, for appellants.
Stephen E. Alpern, Atty., U. S. Postal Service, with whom Louis A. Cox, Gen. Counsel, and Harvey Letter, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for U. S. Postal Service. and others, appellees.
Jeffrey W. Kobrick, Boston, Mass., with whom Piroska Soos, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for John J. Leonard, appellee.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff John Leonard applied to the Postal Service for a job as a mail handler and took a competitive examination. He passed the examination and was selected for a position. In the course of completing various forms plaintiff came across a question about "arrests". In response to this question he answered that he had once been arrested for "being in the company of a person who was . . . in possession...
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