Legal Opinion

Farley v. Abbetmeier

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided June 17, 1940No. 7546PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice.

The special appeal is from the denial of defendant’s motion for summary judgment in an action brought by 249 postal employees to obtain reinstatement in their former grade in the postal service.

By Act of February 28, 1925,1 railway post offices, terminals and transfer offices in the Railway Mail Service were classified as Class A and Class B offices according to size. In Class A offices railway postal clerks could advance to Grade 4 with a salary of $2,300 a year. In Class B offices clerks could progress to Grade 5 with a salary of $2,450 a year. By Act of June 14,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Brinkerhoff-Faris Trust & Savings Co. v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  2. Goldsmith v. United States Board of Tax AppealsSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. United States Ex Rel. Arant v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  4. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. SlatterySupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. Hegeman Farms Corp. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Audi Vision Inc. v. RCA Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  2. Fox v. Johnson & Wimsatt, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  3. Hammond v. HullCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  4. Bowers v. E. J. Rose Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
  5. Kohlman v. SmithDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1947

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