Legal Opinion
Shirey v. Devine
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 8, 1982No. 80-2532PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This case presents our first opportunity to reach the merits of a federal employee’s claim that he suffered employment discrimination on the basis of a severe physical disability.1 We hold that permanent denial of the job tenure protections afforded other employees solely because of an employee’s handicap violates Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 791(b) (1976).
When Edward Shirey graduated from college in 1973 with a Bachelor of…
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