Anthony Pelicone v. Luther H. Hodges, Secretary of Commerce

BAZELON, Chief Judge.

In this Government employee discharge case, the District Court granted summary judgment for the Government on cross motions.

Appellant, a veterans’ preference eligible, has been employed by the Department of Commerce as a lithographic pressman and negative engraver since April 19, 1948. 1 In March 1960, he was asked to complete a personal history statement, which included the question whether he had ever been arrested for “any reason other than for minor traffic violations.” He answered that he had been arrested in May 1958 for “Disorderly” and had “forfeited $10…