Plunkett v. United States

This is a suit to recover the difference in pay between that of a rear admiral of the lower half of the grade and that of the upper half of the grade. The facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1886. On April 27,1912, he had attained the rank of captain. On September 6, 1918, plaintiff was appointed a temporary rear admiral in the Navy, to date from July 1,1918. Subsequently, on August 19, 1919, he was appointed a permanent rear admiral and commissioned as such to date from April 7, 1919. On the date of plaintiff’s commission as permanent rear admiral…