Helton v. Mercury Freight Lines, Inc.

DAVIS, Judge:

This is a sequel to Teamsters Local Union 612 v. Helton, 413 F.2d 1380 (1969), in which this court held that plaintiff-appellant Helton, a veteran formerly employed and then rehired by Mercury Freight Lines, Inc., was entitled under the reinstatement provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 459 (now the Military Selective Service Act of 1967) to placement by his employer in the better job of “log clerk”, rather than the lower-paying “bill clerk” position he was given on his return from the service.1 In addition to affirming the district…