Trailmobile Co. v. Whirls

This case, like Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp., 328 U. S. 275, presents a problem in the seniority standing of a reemployed veteran. It arises under § 8 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940.1 The Fishgold case held that under the Act a veteran is entitled to be restored to his former position plus seniority which would have accumulated but for his induction into the armed forces.2 Here the question concerns the duration of the veteran’s restored statutory seniority standing. The petitioners maintain that it ends with the first year of his reemployment. Respondent’s…