Schmidt v. United States

This case is before us on cross-motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff sues for the salary of which he has been deprived as a result of his alleged illegal discharge. He was discharged because he refused to accept reassignment from his post in Wisconsin to a post in Washington, District of Columbia. Plaintiff says his assignment was not to promote the good of the service, but for political reasons.

*634■ Plaintiff was State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for the State of Wisconsin. He was a civil service employee, grade GS-13. Pie had been in the classified civil service for 21 years…