Winchester v. United States

Jones, Ohief Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, a veterans’ preference eligible, sues for back pay during a period of wrongful dismissal from the service and for a 15 percent foreign service salary differential for the period following notification of the intention to dismiss.

Plaintiff in October 1957, received an excepted appointment with the International Cooperation Administration. The grade attached to this position carried a salary of $9,500 per annum. Plaintiff was assigned to the United States *602Operations Mission to Ceylon. The appointment was not to extend beyond April…