Legal Opinion
Charles Russell Twist v. Edwin Meese, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 23, 1988No. 87-5371PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Senior Circuit Judge GARTH.
GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff/appellant Charles Russell Twist commenced this action against defendant/appellee Edwin Meese, Attorney General of the United States, alleging that his discharge by the Department of Justice was in violation of his first and fifth amendment rights. The district court dismissed Twist’s fifth amendment claim on April 2,1987, 661 F.Supp. 231, 233-34 (D.D. C.1987), and on October 19, 1987 granted summary judgment to the Attorney General (“government”) on Twist’s first amendment claim. We affirm.
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