Rumrich v. United States

Plaintiff, Guenther Gustave Rumrich, under the name of Joseph Rumridge, a name he has used for employment purposes, alleges that in October 1942 he became an employee of the Kaiser Company of Portland, Oregon, and that on June 29,1943, he was discharged “at the request of the U. S. Army Intelligence.” He sues the defendant for the amount he claims would have been earned as wages between June 29 and November 1, 1943, at the regular rate of pay had he-not been discharged.

As grounds for recovery plaintiff asserts that the Kaiser Company, while a private concern officially, was de facto an…