Legal Opinion

David D. Bolton v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided August 31, 1998No. 98-3006PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents yet another attempt by. an. employee of the United States Postal Service (the “postal service”) to come within the narrow exception to the general rule that such employees’ appeals from adverse personnel actions are not within the jurisdiction of the Merit .Systems Protection Board (the “Board”). With our disposition of this appeal, several open questions about the outer limits of Board jurisdiction and how relevant criteria are to be adjudicated by the Board in establishing that jurisdiction will be resolved.

David Bolton filed an appeal with the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Neal Kenneth Maddox v. Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Swift and Company, D/B/A New England Processing UnitCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1961
  3. Laura v. King v. Department of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
  4. David POPE, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. Kdfw-Tv, Inc., a Division of Times Mirror CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. John F. Roberto v. Department of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2006
  2. City of Arlington v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  3. Parrott v. Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2008
  4. Vincent Curtis Conyers v. Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
  5. Bledsoe v. Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2011

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