Legal Opinion
A. Ernest Fitzgerald v. Elmer B. Staats
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 2, 1978No. 77-1466PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge LUMBARD.
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge ** :
On January 5, 1970, A. Ernest- Fitzgerald was removed from his position as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management Systems in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. The reasons given were that the post had been abolished in a reduction-in-force, and that no other appropriate position was available. Fifteen days later, Fitzgerald began his struggle to persuade the Civil Service Commission that he had in fact been fired for having blown the whistle alerting Congress to a $2 billion overrun on the C5A…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- United States v. Thayer-West Point Hotel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- A. Ernest Fitzgerald v. Robert E. Hampton, Chairman of United States Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers v. ParrishSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Margaret Toomer Blake v. Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Fitzgerald v. HamptonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1982
- Tommy Shaw v. Library of CongressCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Chewning v. SchlesingerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1979
- Davila v. WeinbergerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
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