Ashley v. Ross, Director of the Mint

Appellants (plaintiffs), fifty in number, brought an action in District Court seeking (1) a declaratory judgment that their separation from employment by the United States Mint was in violation of their rights as veterans’ preference eligibles, that they were still employees of the United States, and that the Civil Service Commission Regulation under which they were given their notices of release 1 was illegal; (2) an injunction restoring them to their positions. The appellees (defendants) are the Director of the Mint, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the members of the United States Civil…