Legal Opinion
Joseph v. Mazares, Jr. v. Department of the Navy, Michael R. Testman v. Department of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 11, 2002No. 01-3337, 01-3338PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Department of the Navy removed two civilian seamen it employed aboard a naval ship because they disobeyed an order to be vaccinated against anthrax. The Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) upheld both removals. So do we.
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A. The facts found by the Board’s administrative judge are not disputed.
The petitioners Mazares and Testman were employed by the Military Sealift Command aboard the naval ship Kilauea. The crew was approximately eighty percent civilian mariners (known in Navy lexicon as CIVMARs) and twenty percent military personnel. The Kilauea carried…
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- Dwayne T. Mings v. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
- Paul v. Connolly v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
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