Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Cohen
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 1948No. 130PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
The problem here is whether temporary members of the Volunteer Port Security Force of the Coast Guard Reserve are entitled to veterans’ preference in federal employment by virtue of the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944.
Pursuant to § 207 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941, 2 approximately 70,000 persons were enrolled as temporary members of the Coast Guard Reserve. The Reserve was a military organization estab lished as a component part of the Coast Guard “to enable that service to perform such extraordinary duties as may be necessitated by emergency conditions.” 3 The Coast…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mitchell v. CohenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Cohen v. MitchellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1946
3Cited by33 opinions
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bailey v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Commissioner v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Joyce A.H. KEYES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Et Al., Defendants, AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Russell v. HodgesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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