Legal Opinion
Robert A. Rodriguez v. Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 3, 1972No. 24599PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAMM, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the Government has the power to discharge a Veterans’ Preference Act employee who gave false answers to certain questions on federal employment forms with reference to membership in either the Communist Party or other Communist-affiliated organizations. We have had a great deal of litigation involving both freedom of association and loyalty oaths in recent years. Of course, we note that there is a significant difference in those cases and the instant case, as this is a suit brought by a party who, as a result of his…
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- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wieman v. UpdegraffSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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- Michael R. Goland v. United States of America, and Federal Election Commission, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Joseph ACANFORA, III, Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Bobby R. Gipson v. Veterans Administration and the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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