Legal Opinion
Burchell v. Department of the Army
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided January 5, 1988No. Civ. A. 3:85-3462-16PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HENDERSON, District Judge.
The plaintiff, a former civil service employee at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, brought this action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 791, and the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 290dd-l(d). He alleges defendant Department of the Army (“Army”) discriminated against him by failing to accommodate his handicapped condition, that is, alcoholism, and by removing him without giving him a firm choice…
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