Case Name: THE UNITED STATES v. WILL J. ALLEN
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1923-03-12
Citations: 58 Ct. Cl. 704
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE UNITED STATES v. WILL J. ALLEN.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 704–705

Head Matter:
THE UNITED STATES v. WILL J. ALLEN.
[56 C. Cls. 265; 261 U.S. 317.]
Judgment was rendered against the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
Under the act of May 22, 1917, c. 20, 40 Stat. 84, providing that, during the war, warrant and petty officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard should receive the same rates of pay as those prescribed for corresponding grades or ratings and length of service in the Navy, a yeoman of the Coast Guard, whose duties and qualifications in fact corresponded to those of a chief yeo man in the Navy, was entitled to the greater pay of the latter position, notwithstanding an order of the Secretary of the Navy mating a different classification.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice McKeNNA
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court March 12, 1923.