Amason v. United States

The plaintiffs, 190 in number, have been, for all or a part of the time since July 1, 1953, employed as policemen in the Police Division of the Civil Affairs Bureau in the Panama Canal Zone Government, an agency of the United States. All but three of the plaintiffs are citizens of the United States. The three are citizens of the Eepublic of Panama, and are eligible, under the reciprocity provisions relating to our jurisdiction, to bring suit in this court. This is a suit for additional pay to which the plaintiffs claim to be entitled under the applicable statutes.

Section 81 of Title 2 of the…