Legal Opinion
H. Finley DOWNES, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 18, 1985No. Appeal 85-588PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIES, Circuit Judge.
The decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (board or MSPB), sustaining the charges against petitioner H. Finley Downes of sexual harassment of female employees as the basis for his demotion and reassignment, is reversed.
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On April 30, 1983, Downes was demoted and reassigned from his position as Supervisory Aviation Safety Inspector (Grade 15), at the Cleveland General Aviation District Office (GADO), a position he had held since December 1979, to the position of Aviation Safety Inspector (Grade 14) in Des Plaines, Illinois.
As the basis for this adverse action, the…
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