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Legal Citation: 357 U.S. 349 (1958)

Petitioner
Myron Wiener

Respondent
United States

Petitioner's Claim
That the court of claims erred by dismissing his suit for back salary, in the wake of his improper dismissal by the president.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
T. H. Wachtel

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
J. Lee Rankin, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter (writing for the Court), John Marshall Harlan II, Earl Warren, Charles Evans Whittaker

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
30 June 1958

Decision
Wiener was improperly dismissed by the president.

Significance
The decision held that a...