Legal Opinion
Powell v. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 15, 1952No. 11134_1PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is a veterans’ preference case, relating to reassignment rights (“bumping rights”) of the nature considered in Fass v. Gray, 90 U.S.App.D.C. -, 197 F.2d 587. Appellant, after being released from the Department of Agriculture in a reduction in force, successfully appealed to the Civil Service Commission. The Department reinstated him, but in a position of lesser salary and responsibility than his former one, which had been abolished. He again appealed to the Civil Service Commission, which held, after investigation, that there was no higher position available for…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Carter v. ForrestalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- Brown v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
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- Francis G. Brown v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
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