Legal Opinion
Smalls v. Bilden
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 28, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2017-0606Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EUGENE C. SMALLS, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 17-606 (TJK) RICHARD V. SPENCER et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This suit is but one of many legal challenges that Eugene Smalls has brought stemming from the Department of the Navy’s 1980 decision to discharge him without severance pay. The Navy did so because it determined that the foot condition from which he suffered both existed before his service and was not aggravated by his service. Now, over forty years later, Smalls invokes the Administrative Procedure Act to request…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- General Motors Corp. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2004
- Smalls, Eugene C. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
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