Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Creary v. Weeks
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 5, 1922No. 725PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
This case is in most respects so like No. 724, United States ex rel. French v. Weeks, ante, 326, that the two were argued and submitted together.
The relator herein was a Colonel in the Army and was discharged on November 17, 1920, “ by direction of the President ” on order of the Secretary of War, under the provisions of § 24b of the Army Reorganization Act (41 Stat. 759, 773). In his petition he prays, as did Colonel French in the other case, for a writ of mandamus commanding the Secretary of War to vacate the order for his discharge and to restore him to the status of Colonel in the Army,…
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