Legal Opinion
McDowell v. Goldschmidt
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 18, 1980No. Civ. A. H 78-141PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:
This is an action for judicial review of a final administrative determination of the United States Civil Service Commission (“CSC”), affirming the decision of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) to remove the plaintiff from his position as an air traffic controller. Because the court finds that the FAA’s decision to discharge McDowell as a consequence of his possession of marijuana (for which he was convicted in a Massachusetts court), coupled with three occasions on which he was absent from his assigned post…
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