Tabler v. United States

OPINION

ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

WHITE, Senior Judge.

The plaintiff, Otis F. Tabler, Jr., seeks to recover for a loss of earnings which, he alleges, resulted from an erroneous decision by the Department of Defense to deny him a security clearance.

The defendant, as its first line of defense, contends that the plaintiff was never denied a security clearance and, therefore, that he is not entitled to recover.

The present action was previously before this court’s predecessor, the United States Court of Claims, on cross-motions for summary judgment. In a per curiam order dated February…