Legal Opinion
Walter J. Lander v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 8, 1975No. 73-1729PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior, from an order of the District Court directing him to pay $5,000 to the appellee Lander as “compensatory damages” for “excessively delayed compliance” with an order of the court. We reverse.
In 1970 Mr. Lander was transferred from his position as Assistant Director— Administration, Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior to an administrative position in another agency. The papers relating to the transfer referred to certain “problems” that occurred in Lander’s performance with the Bureau of Mines.…
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