Legal Opinion
Bush v. Lucas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 1983No. 81-469PublishedCited by 1,367 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
Petitioner asks us to authorize a new nonstatutory damages remedy for federal employees whose First Amendment rights are violated by their superiors. Because such claims arise out of an employment relationship that is governed by comprehensive procedural and substantive provisions giving meaningful remedies against the United States, we conclude that it would be inappropriate for us to supplement that regulatory scheme with a new judicial remedy.
*369Petitioner Bush is an aerospace engineer employed at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, a major facility operated by the National…
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