Peters v. Hobby

This action was instituted by petitioner in the District Court for the District of Columbia. The principal relief sought is a declaration that petitioner’s removal and debarment from federal employment were invalid. Prior to trial, the District Court granted the respondents’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. The judgment was affirmed, one judge dissenting, by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, relying on its decision in Bailey v. Richardson, 86 U. S. App. D. C. 248, 182 P. 2d 46, sustained here by an equally divided vote, 341 U. S. 918. We granted certiorari, 348…