Lockwood v. United States

The plaintiff sues to recover overtime compensation which, he says, would have accrued to him during three periods.1 During two of those periods he was illegally separate from his employment, and during the third period he was illegally demoted in grade. In each of the three situations he appealed to the Civil Service Commission which sustained his appeal and ordered him reinstated.

Section 6(b) (2) of the Act of June 10, 1948, 62 Stat. 354, 355, as it appears in 5 U.S.C.A. § 652(b) (2) reads as follows:

“Any person who is discharged, suspended, or furloughed without pay, under section 863 of…