Elder v. Brannan

These actions involve questions concerning the precise scope of rights to employment in the federal service granted by the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944. 58 Stat. 387, 5 U. S. C. (1946 ed.) §§ 851 et seq. The ultimate issues are two: (1) whether under § 12 of the Act veterans with temporary war-service appointments are entitled to retention preference over nonveterans with the equivalent of classified civil service status when reduction-in-force discharges are made; and (2) whether the reemployment rights of veterans lawfully discharged are governed by § 12 retention priorities or by other…