Peck v. United States

The services of the plaintiff, a war service employee in the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior, and a nonveteran, were terminated on May 17, 1947, by order of the Secretary of the Interior, in a reduction in force for lack of funds. Plaintiff brought this suit to recover the salary of the position of adjudicator (Grade P-3, $4,400.40 per annum) held by him on and prior to May 17, 1947, and contends that the termination of his services was illegal and void because there was no lack of funds, and because the termination of his services violated the Veterans’ Preference…