Boyle v. United States

This civilian pay case involves the dismissal of two historians, GS-11, from their employment in the Joint Secretariat of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense. Plaintiffs unsuccessfully challenged their discharges in an appeal to the Civil Service Commission. Having exhausted their administrative remedies, they jointly petition this court to reinstate them in their former positions and to award them back pay. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1491. The case is before us on the parties’ motions for summary judgment since the pertinent and controlling facts are not in dispute.

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