Legal Opinion
Kenneth M. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 14, 1983No. Appeal 83-810PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) upholding the action of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in terminating the petitioner’s employment with that agency as a result of a reduction in force.
The case presents two issues. The petitioner challenges the application of the reduction-in-force procedures to him and urges that he was improperly discharged thereunder. There is also a dispute between TVA and the Department of Justice over whether TVA may represent itself through its own lawyers in this court (as TVA urges), or…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Joseph F. WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF the ARMY, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
- Dancy v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1982
- John H. Stevens v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Algernon Blair Industrial Contractors, Inc. v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1982
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Elinor R. Bacon v. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
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- Markland v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
- Jones v. United States Nuclear Regulatory CommissionDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987
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