Adler v. United States

Plaintiffs were supervisory employees in the New York Naval Shipyard. After the war the force was reduced by the discharge of a number of employees in non-supervisory positions. This resulted in an excess number of employees in supervisory positions, which made it necessary either to discharge or to demote plaintiffs, who held supervisory positions. They were demoted.

*152The Civil Service Commission at first affirmed the action of tbe Navy Department. Thereafter a similar employee by the name of Reynolds brought an action in the District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a mandamus to…