Legal Opinion
James Abrams v. United States Department of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 6, 1983No. 82-3400PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This petition for review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board requires consideration of two issues. First, must a federal agency, which has discharged an employee who has committed a violent crime during off-duty hours, introduce evidence other than proof of the conviction for the crime in order to establish a nexus between the criminal misconduct and the efficiency of the service? Second, to rebut the presumption of nexus, is it sufficient for the employee to introduce evidence that his conviction has not adversely affected…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Albert Gueory v. Robert E. Hampton (Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Lukas E. Hoska, III v. United States Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Masino v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1978
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kenneth A. Johnson v. United States Postal Service and National Rural Letter Carriers AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Selected Risks Insurance Company v. Bruno, Anthony v. And Bruno, Lucy C., His Wife, and Bruno, Jr., AnthonyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- State of New Jersey, Dept. Of Education v. Shirley Hufstedler, Secretary of Education, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Banks v. Department of Veterans AffairsCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- James Abrams v. United States Department of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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