United States v. Beal

In Beal v. United States, 6 Cir., 1950, 182 F.2d 565, we reversed a judgment of the district court dismissing the cause for want of jurisdiction. The controversy involved a claim of firefighters for overtime pay allegedly due for stand-by services. We 'concluded that these men were employees of the United States and not officers and that jurisdiction in the district court to enter judgment against the United States was based on the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346. In Bruner v. United States, 189 F.2d 255, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reached an opposite view and dismissed Bruner’s…