Ricci v. United States

In this civilian pay case, the question before us is whether plaintiff’s discharge from his position as a welder at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for taking numbers bets from his fellow employees was supported by substantial evidence and not arbitrary or capricious. We must also decide whether the Navy complied with applicable procedural requirements in effecting plaintiff’s removal on a charge of “Conduct Unbecoming a Government Employee.” Finally, we must decide the further question whether Navy regulations prohibiting “Gambling or unlawful betting on Navy premises” (gambling) and…