David Kaye v. United States of America

FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge:

Kaye, a Yale law school student, instituted this proceeding to recover alleged damages in the amount of $1615.94 for loss of his expected 1970 summer earnings with the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (the Agency). Jurisdiction exists under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2). 1 The Court below granted summary judgment for defendants.

In the summary judgment context of this case, the following facts are undisputed: In December, 1969, Kaye wrote to the Agency about employment opportunities during the summer of 1970. 2 The acting personnel officer of the…