Legal Opinion
Margaret F. Johnson v. James Burnley, Secretary of the Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1991No. 88-3645PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Margaret F. Johnson appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment on her sex discrimination claim challenging her dismissal from a government secretarial job. She also seeks to have her dismissal invalidated under federal civil service law because of alleged procedural error in the disciplinary process that culminated in her firing.
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Johnson was dismissed in 1986 from a secretarial job at the United States Coast Guard’s Aircraft Repair and Supply Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The government contends it fired her for excessive tardiness and…
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