Legal Opinion

White v. Department of the Air Force

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided December 15, 2004No. 2004-3045PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DYK, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner John E. White (‘White”) petitions for review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), which rejected his whistleblow-ing claim, finding that White did not have a reasonable belief that he was disclosing gross mismanagement. White v. Dep’t of the Air Force, 95 M.S.P.R. 1 (2003). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

White was employed by the Department of the Air Force (“Air Force”) as a civilian Supervisory Education Service Specialist at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. As part of his duties, White was delegated complete responsibility for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peter W. Coons v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, (Internal Revenue Service)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  2. Janice R. Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. John E. White, and Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
  3. Thomas B. Frederick v. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
  4. Jose Carreon v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2003

3Cited by38 opinions

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  3. Mize-Kurzman v. Marin Community College DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
  4. Williams v. JohnsonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2010
  5. Chambers v. Department of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008

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