Legal Opinion

Chambers v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided October 15, 1971No. 141-70PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtNichols, Judge

This is a suit for back pay with jurisdiction asserted under 28 U.S.C. § 1491, which provides, inter alia:

The Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any claim against the United States founded either upon the Constitution, or any Act of Congress, or any regulation of an executive department, * * *.

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The basis for the action is a finding by the Director of Equal Employment Opportunity for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), that plaintiff had been denied equal opportunity for employment because of racial discrimination in violation of…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Lynch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Dismuke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  5. Miguel v. McCarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1934

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. 4 Fair empl.prac.cas. 878, 4 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7865 Howard Beale, Jr. v. Winston Blount, Postmaster, United States Post OfficeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  3. Abdon Acevedo v. Nassau County, New York, Its Officials, Employees and AgentsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  4. Independent Meat Packers Ass'n v. ButzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  5. Henderson v. Defense Contract Administration Services RegionDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973

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