Cook v. United States

IvuNzig, Judge,

delivered tlie opinion of tbe court:

In this civilian pay case plaintiffs, executors of the estate of • Kenneth S. Cook, formerly employed as' an Operations Research Analyst at Holloman Air Force Base, sue for Cook’s back pay. In 1967, Cook was involuntarily retired from his position for mental disability. Plaintiffs bring the instant action to invalidate the retirement.

The gravamen of the complaint is that the involuntary retirement procedures followed by defendant violated Cook’s constitutional rights to due process and free speech. Plaintiffs also say that the procedures…