Legal Opinion

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Et Al. v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided July 24, 1985No. A-5PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chief Justice Burger, Circuit Justice.

On October 25, 1983, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in final form new personnel regulations affecting federal employees. The new regulations were intended to allow federal agencies to give more weight to merit and less weight to seniority in personnel decisions. The new regulations were to take effect November 25, 1983.

On November 12, 1983, Congress adopted House Joint Resolution 413 which, in effect, prohibited OPM and several ether federal agencies from expending funds appropriated under that resolution “to implement, promulgate,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sampson v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Lee F. Dilworth v. T. N. Riner, Owner of Tom's RestaurantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  3. Jacob Adams v. Cyrus Vance, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  4. National Treasury Employees Union v. Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  5. National Treasury Employees Union v. DevineDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1983

3Cited by70 opinions

  1. Philip D. Overstreet v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
  2. Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless & Service Employees International Union, Local 1199 v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
  3. In the Matter of Dwight L. Lieb, Debtor (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  4. Aaron Hope v. Warden Pike County CorrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2020
  5. Bailey v. Systems Innovation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988

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