Legal Opinion
Joy P. Adams Roger D. Wensil v. Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Energy, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1991No. 90-1747PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Roger D. Wensil and Joy P. Adams, who claim to have been discharged from their employment at the Savannah River Plant, an atomic energy facility in Barnwell, South Carolina, because of “whistle-blowing,” filed complaints with the Department of Labor for retaliatory discharge under § 210 (the whistle-blower provision) of the Energy Reorganization Act (ERA), 42 U.S.C. § 5851 (1982). Because the plant is owned by the Department of Energy, the Department of Labor determined that § 210 does not apply to Wensil and Adams and dismissed the complaints for lack of jurisdiction.…
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