Weiss v. United States

The plaintiff is a former Lieutenant Commander in the Navy (Supply Corps) whose back pay suit challenges the legality of his discharge for unsatisfactory services and the subsequent disapproval by the Secretary of the Navy of a decision by the Board of Corrections of Naval Becords which would, in effect, have cancelled his removal. The case is now in the pre-trial discovery stage, assigned to Trial Commissioner W. Ney Evans, and is before us by virtue of defendant’s request for review of the commissioner’s order denying defendant’s claim of privilege. (Buies 52(c), 55(a) (8).)

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