Legal Opinion
Clifton L. Goodrich v. Department of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 9, 1984No. Appeal 83-1363PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
This petition to review challenges the amount of an attorney’s fee the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) awarded. The attorney who represented the federal employee was employed by a union. He sought a fee based upon the market value of his services. The Board awarded a fee based upon the union’s expenses in providing the services. We affirm.
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This case grew out of the Department of the Navy’s downgrading of petitioner’s position. Following proceedings before the Board (which initially held it lacked jurisdiction) and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Treasury Employees Union v. United States Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Clifton L. Goodrich v. U. S. Department of the Navy and Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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