United States ex rel. Arant v. Lane
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denying a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to restore the petitioner to office. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Relator William F. Arant was appointed superintendent of Crater Lake National Park June 25, 1903. On June 1, 1913, the Secretary of the Interior of the United States requested relator to resign.
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Hearing on an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denying a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to restore the petitioner to office. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Relator William F. Arant was appointed superintendent of Crater Lake National Park June 25, 1903. On June 1, 1913, the Secretary of the Interior of the United States requested relator to resign. To this request relator replied that he was within the classified civil service of the United States, and protested against his removal until charges had been…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdkl
delivered tlie opinion of the Court:
llelator bases his right to reinstatement upon the failure, of respondent Secretary of the Interior to comply with the provisions of sec. 6 of the. Act of Congress of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. at L. 555, chap. 389, Comp. Stat. 1916, sec. 3287), which, among other things, provides:. “That no person in the classified civil service of the United States shall be removed therefrom except for such cause as will promote tlio efficiency of said service and for reasons given in writing, and the person whose removal, is sought shall have notice of the same and of any…
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