Culver v. United States

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search


Culver v. United States
by Pierce Butler
Syllabus
873913Culver v. United States — SyllabusPierce Butler
Court Documents

United States Supreme Court

271 U.S. 315

Culver  v.  United States

Submitted, per Twenty-Third Rule, April 12, 1926.

Decided May 24, 1926.

Officer in air service, while detailed by Secretary of War to General Staff War College for duty as student officer, and not under command of Chief of Air Service (Army Regulations, par. 1575), held not required to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights, and not entitled to additional pay provided for by Army Reorganization Act June 4, 1920, § 13a (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 1860a(1)) prior to the President's regulation of December 31, 1920 (Army Regulations, par. 1269 1/2).

Messrs. George A. King, Wm. Bruce King, and George R. Shields, all of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Mr. William D. Mitchell, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Mr. Justice BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Notes[edit]

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse