Edward Homer v. Alfred C. Richmond, Commandant, United States Coast Guard

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Homer, McCrea and Colcord, sued appellee, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, for a direction by the court that the Commandant issue licenses to appellants as radiotelegraph officers eligible to serve as such in the United States Merchant Marine. They also sought a declaratory judgment that the regulations pursuant to which their applications had been denied by the Commandant were unconstitutional as applied to appellants. Summary judgment was granted in favor of the Commandant.

In denying the applications the Commandant had relied upon the Act of…