Legal Opinion
Amin v. Merit Systems Protection Board
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 17, 1991No. Nos. 91-3271, 91-3281PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
In these cases, which have been consolidated for the purposes of this decision, the court is called upon to resolve the issues presented in two distinct but related controversies.
The first issue is whether under the provisions of 5 U.S.C.A. § 7703(a)(2) (West Supp.1991), the employing agencies, rather than the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board), should be designated as the respondent in the two appeals. This question, which we refer to as the “Caption Issue,” comes before the court on motion of the Department of Agriculture (Agriculture) in the Amin…
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