Legal Opinion
Robert L. Huffstutler v. Robert Bergland, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1979No. 77-3117PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert L. Huffstutler, a probationary employee of the United States Department of Agriculture, appeals an order granting the Secretary’s motion to dismiss his action seeking redress for discharge and other relief. We vacate and remand.
Huffstutler contends that his discharge offended the first amendment because it was an improper reaction to his activities as shop steward for a labor organization. He also contends that the Secretary deprived him of liberty without due process in violation of the fifth amendment because the agency failed to accord him an opportunity to protest a rating of his…
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