Legal Opinion
Pippinger v. Treasury
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1997No. 96-8057PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Because of a romantic relationship with a subordinate, Plaintiff-Appellant John Pip-pinger was temporarily suspended from his job as an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) branch manager. Several IRS employees were involved in helping the local IRS District Director reach the decision to suspend Pippinger. Eventually, many IRS employees in the district knew why Pippinger was suspended.
Before Pippinger’s suspension was carried out, Pippinger’s supervisor Patrick Schluck got into trouble with the IRS because he too had a romantic relationship with a subordinate. During the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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