Getzoff v. United States

This is a suit to recover salary for the time during which plaintiff was removed from his position because the head of his department held that there were reasonable grounds to believe he was disloyal and because the Loyalty Review Board of the Civil Service Commission held these charges were unwarranted and unjustified, and ruled that he should be restored to his position.

The parties have entered into a stipulation of facts, which is all of the evidence before us. This shows that plaintiff was honorably discharged from the Army of the United States on August 27, 1943. Later, he was appointed…