Legal Opinion
James E. Secrist v. Tom Harkin, United States Senator Pam McKinney John Frew Citizens for Harkin
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1989No. 88-2327PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
In the summer of 1983, appellant James E. Secrist was assigned to Senator Roger W. Jepsen’s personal office staff. At the time of his assignment, Secrist was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, and his $45,000 salary continued to be paid by the Marine Corps. Jepsen, who chaired the Manpower and Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, had secured Secrist’s appointment through a personal request to the Secretary of the Navy.
The appointment generated controversy in the press and became a campaign issue when Jepsen sought…
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