Legal Opinion
Towers v. Horner
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1986No. Nos. 85-3001, 85-3172PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Towers, a civilian attorney employed by the Army Corps of Engineers, seeks judicial review of the government’s decision not to reclassify his position of employment. We conclude that the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 permits review of the decision only through the Office of Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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Towers served as district counsel to the New Orleans District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers since December 1965. In 1968 Towers asked the Civil Service Commission to review his job classification. The Commission conducted…
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