Legal Opinion
Joseph E. Paige v. Henry Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Edwin Eisenrath, Regional Administrator
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 9, 1996No. 95-2892PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Paige served as an attorney for HUD for twenty years and was fired twice. The first discharge occurred in 1977, when HUD accused Paige of inadequate performance as Area Counsel for HUD’s Chicago Area Office. Because Paige occupied a Schedule A position in the excepted service, HUD believed that it could discharge him at will, and accordingly it did not offer him a hearing. Paige sued, claiming that an employee handbook established a property right in his position; if he had such a right, the discharge without opportunity for a hearing violated the due process…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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