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LANDER v. MORTON

No. 73-1729.

518 F.2d 1084 (1975)

Walter J. LANDER, Appellee, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Brodsky, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Ellen Lee Park and Joseph E. di Genova, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellants.

Stephen E. Moss, Bethesda, Md., for appellee.

Before ROBINSON, ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior, from an order of the District Court directing him to pay $5,000 to the appellee Lander as "compensatory damages" for "excessively delayed compliance" with an order of the court. We reverse.

In 1970 Mr. Lander was transferred from his position as Assistant Director— Administration, Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior to an administrative position in...

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