Anderson v. United States

I do not agree with the per curiam opinion of the court in this case, because I believe it is contrary to both the law and the facts.

The plaintiffs, who are nursing assistants in a Veterans Administration Hospital, have sued the government for alleged overtime they claim to have worked from May 13, 1962, to December 15,1965, a period of three years, seven months and three days, or a total of 1,011 days.

*668The case involves the same facts and the same law as was involved in the case of Bates v. United States, 196 Ct. Cl. 362, 450 F. 2d 886 (1971) with one exception. The Bates case was decided by…