Legal Opinion

Wilson v. United States Civil Service Commission

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 1, 1955No. 2814-55PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

This cause came on to be heard on defendants' motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment and on plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.

Plaintiff is a resident of Houston, Texas, and an employee of the Railway Mail Service of the United States Post Office Department. He wrote a letter to the Houston Post which was published in its column entitled “Sound-Off” on June 22, 1954. The letter reads:

“In olden times there was a goat called the ‘Judas’ goat. He led the other goats to the slaughtering pen. They followed him blindly because they had…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United Public Workers of America v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Blackmar v. GuerreSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. W.J. Hobbs v. Mayor Ronnie ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  2. Bauers v. CornettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
  3. Morris Biller and Vincent R. Sombrotto v. United States Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  4. Kenneth T. Blaylock v. United States Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  5. Mortillaro v. State of LouisianaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972

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