Case Name: Charles Hatton
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1965-11-19
Citations: 173 Ct. Cl. 1187
Docket Number: No. 407-64
Parties: Charles Hatton.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 173
Pages: 1187–1188

Head Matter:
No. 407-64.
November 19, 1965
Charles Hatton.

Opinion:
Civilian pay; dismissal. — Plaintiff sues to recover back pay for the position from which he was dismissed by the Depart ment of Agriculture. The case came before the court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. Upon consideration thereof and without oral argument the court concluded that plaintiff's claim was barred under the doctrine of laches and for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies, and on November 19,1965, the petition was dismissed. Plaintiff's petition for a writ of certiorari was denied May 31, 1966,384 U.S. 965.