Evelyn P. Burrell v. Fred Martin

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Appellees filed a suggestion of mootness after this appeal, involving appellant’s effort to obtain reinstatement to her Government job, had been submitted for final disposition. To properly understand the issues we face, the background of this litigation must be told.

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The story starts on February 29, 1952, when the Department of the Army instituted a loyalty proceeding against appellant by notifying her that she was being removed from her position as a clerk-typist under an indefinite Civil Service appointment, because “information received at this Depot, as a result of…