Smith v. United States

This case is before us on plaintiff’s and defendant’s motions for summary judgment.

The facts as stated in the petition are not in dispute and may be briefly summarized. Plaintiff is a veteran’s preference eligible under the Veterans’ Preference Act of June 27,1944. He was employed at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as Inspector of Shipbuilding, Mechanical, CAF-9, from September 15, 1944, until December 12, 1949, at which time he was demoted to the classification of Machinist, Inside.

Upon receiving notice of this demotion with its attendant reduction in compensation, plaintiff appealed such…