Kooy v. United States

Laramore, Judge,

delivered the following opinion:

Plaintiffs, non-veteran civilian employees of the New York Port of Embarkation, Department of the Army, sue for back pay alleged to be due them for the reason that in violation of the Lloyd-La Follette Act of 1912, 37 Stat. 539, 555, as amended 62 Stat. 355, 5 U.S.C. § 652(b) (1), they were removed from their classified Civil Service positions and were subsequently restored to these positions. The back pay alleged to be due them is from the date of their removal to the date of their restoration.

Both plaintiffs and defendant have filed motions…