Legal Opinion
George W. Sohm v. Henry H. Fowler, Secretary of the Treasury
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 16, 1966No. 19014_1PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
Appellant was a lieutenant commander in the United States Coast Guard when he was ordered into retirement. In this suit he challenges the order on a variety of constitutional, statutory and procedural grounds.
Beginning in 1959, appellant was passed over for promotion by three separate Coast Guard selection boards, and by action of the last board he was placed permanently out of line of promotion. The Coast Guard then sought to retire him from active duty under the procedures set forth in 63 Stat. 515 (1949) [then codified as 14 U.S.C. § 235]. Before this action was…
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- Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. HirschSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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