Legal Opinion
Delcio Rivera-Rosario v. U.S. Department of Agriculture and Mike Espy, Secretary
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 11, 1998No. 98-1135PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
This case involves a claim of discrimination by Delcio Rivera-Rosario against the United States Department of Agriculture (“the Department”). In 1963, Rivera began working for the Department in Brooklyn, New York, and three years later was offered a transfer to Puerto Rico. The transfer was conditioned on Rivera signing a waiver renouncing “home leave” benefits that would otherwise have entitled him to special leave and allowances permitting him to return periodically to Brooklyn. Apparently the Department took the position that employees of Puerto Rican origin were — while stationed in…
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