Legal Opinion
William D. Hurst v. The United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1978No. 78-1053PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case arose out of the discharge of a United States Post Office Department employee, not for the manner in which he handled the mail, but for the content of a letter which he authored. William D. Hurst, a postal clerk at the Kansas City, Missouri, General Post Office, was fired for writing a vulgar, obscene and threatening letter to then President Richard M. Nixon. Almost five years after he had exhausted administrative remedies, Hurst filed suit against the United States Postal Service, for reinstatement, back pay, and punitive damages. 1 The district court…
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