Legal Opinion
Bishop v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 6, 1992No. 90-3998CPublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRUGGINK, Judge.
Captain Bishop’s fourteen year career as an officer in the Army was involuntarily terminated because of an alleged act of “moral and professional dereliction,” to wit, falsification of a test score on an application to graduate school. Because the court finds that the evidence in support of the accusation was insubstantial, plaintiff’s pending cross-motion for summary judgment is granted.
FACTS
At the time of his discharge, plaintiff was a captain in the U.S. Army. He began his active duty in 1976, was promoted to first lieutenant in 1978, and to captain in 1982. In 1986,…
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