Wiener V. U.S. ( 1958 )

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Wiener, the plaintiff, sued the federal government after President Dwight Eisenhower removed him from the War Claims Commission (WCC) in 1953. The War Claims Act of 1948 created the WCC to adjudicate personal injury and property claims against the enemy arising from World War II.

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"Wiener v. United States (1958)
Wiener, the plaintiff, sued the federal government after President Dwight Eisenhower removed him from the War Claims Commission (WCC) in 1953. The War Claims Act of 1948 created the WCC to adjudicate personal injury and property claims against the enemy arising from World War II. Commission members were to serve for the life of the WCC and the War Claims Act contained no provision for their removal. Nonetheless, Eisenhower dismissed Wiener (who had been appointed to the Commission in 1950 by President Harry Truman), justifying his action on executive prerogative and national interest. Wiener sought compensation for wages from the time of his removal to the end of the WCC's existence.


The issue in this case is whether Wiener, as a member of the WCC, served as a..."

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