Madison v. United States

Miss Madison, a non-veteran civil servant, was removed in March 1959 from her overseas post with the Army because *987she had refused to accept a reassignment within the same ■classification (but with somewhat different duties) at the same grade and pay, and in the same city. Her main complaint is that this reassignment was invalid because it resulted from prior improper actions of the Army and that therefore she was justified in rejecting the change. An appeal on this ground, and others, was denied by the Civil Service Commission and the Army’s civilian-personnel grievance system. In this court…