Legal Opinion
Kutcher v. Gray, Adm'r of Veterans' Affairs
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 16, 1952No. 11172PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents several questions involving the President’s Loyalty Program and § 9A of the Hatch Act.
Kutcher (appellant), a war veteran and “preference eligible,” 1 was employed by the Veterans Administration. Acting under the President’s Loyalty Program, 2 a Deputy Administrator proposed Kutchfr’s removal upon charges of membership in and activities connected with the Socialist Workers Party, an organization listed iby the Attorney General as seeking “to alter the form of government o>f the United States by unconstitutional means.” 3
The charges were heard before…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bailey v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Bailey v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- United States v. RemingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Peters v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cole v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Max Shachtman v. John Foster Dulles, Individually and as Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- John Rudder and Doris Rudder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Boucher v. Division of Employment Security of the Department of LaborSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1954
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