Legal Opinion
William Morrison Smith v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 10, 1984No. 83-1446PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises a question of first impression in handicap discrimination cases; namely, whether a plaintiff alleging a cause of action for employment discrimination against the Postal Service under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-796Í (1982), must exhaust administrative remedies before proceeding to federal court. We conclude that exhaustion is required.
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Plaintiff Smith, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was employed by the United States Postal Service from 1964 until he retired in 1979 on disability. At that time, plaintiff indicated that he was…
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