Reynolds v. Lovett, Secretary of National Defense

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the rights of civilian Government employees having veterans’ preferences. Appellants were honorably discharged soldiers, employed at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, and their records were rated good or better. A reduction in the number of employees at the Shipyard was made. Appellants were reduced in their positions and grades, while non-veterans in the same classifications were retained in their positions and grades. Appellee officials say that appellants were demoted because, in the judgment of the officers in charge of the Shipyard, they were not…