Simon v. United States

Although the amount involved is small, this is a case of great importance. It affects some two million employees of the Federal Government. It affects also the efficient administration of the Federal Government, which has become the most gigantic organization that has ever existed in the western hemisphere. It is a problem that demands our most careful consideration.

The plaintiff was discharged for the assigned reason that his services were no longer needed because the position he held was no longer necessary. Under compulsion of the Civil Service Commission, alleging that their rules had not…