Legal Opinion
Walter D. McGuinness v. United States Postal Service, Felix J. Jackson, and A.A. Winslow, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 5, 1984No. 83-2771PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
McGuinness applied for a job as a postman with the Milwaukee office of the Postal Service. The Service’s acting director of employee and labor relations (Jackson) turned him down on the ground that McGuinness’s flat feet and hammer toes made him physically unfit for the job, which requires eight hours a day of standing, walking, and lifting. McGuinness appealed to Winslow, the general manager of the Postal Service’s employee relations division, and submitted evidence, both lay and medical, that he was fit, but Winslow upheld the decision not to hire him. McGuinness then…
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