# Jason v. Summerfield, Postmaster General

> Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · June 10, 1954 · 214 F.2d 273

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9444227

## Case

- **Full name:** JASON v. SUMMERFIELD, Postmaster General Et Al.
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- **Decided:** June 10, 1954
- **Citations:** 214 F.2d 273; 94 U.S. App. D.C. 197; 1954 U.S. App. LEXIS 3886
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent
- **Judges:** Edgerton, Miller, Danaher
- **Cited by:** 23 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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^ , , , Smce “° ExecputlIe Order, but only a ™em°ran 0 e oya y evie^ Board, undertook to authorize repeated . .... .. , , ,, , investigations oí identical loyalty charg- . , , , . es against a government employee, under ,, . old standards or new ones, the question ... _ .. n ’ ,, , whether an Executive Order could do so 18 not before us- Wholly apart from any ^ble question of res judicata, nothm+g ^s than express language m a stat-ate or Executive Order should be regarded as authOT1^ such repeated mvestigatl°ns’ smce they, ^ely injure the ?mp. °yees conceme > ® oc _ e sense of 3UstlCe and thelsenf °± security of other Persons ^ an ou 0 government, and damage the government by lowering morale and by reducing the appeal of pU]blie service

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