Legal Opinion
Fowler v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1980No. 79-1588PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHATZ, District Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Arthur Fowler, is a mentally retarded person who was hired as a custodial laborer by the United States General Services Administration in 1966 under the provisions for excepted service government employment contained at 5 C.F.R. § 213-3102(t), infra. After working successfully at that job for a period of slightly over ten years, Fowler was fired. At the time of appellant’s termination, federal law permitted mentally retarded workers in the excepted service to be summarily discharged, regardless of their length of service, without an opportunity for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Arnett v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Richardson v. BelcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Joseph E. Paige v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Shands v. City of KennettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Shirey v. DevineCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Sullivan v. StarkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Eleon Allen, Individually and for Others Similarly Situated v. Margaret HecklerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Hondros v. United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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