Legal Opinion
Barnett v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 8, 1985No. 83-1340PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
On April 30, 1983, petitioner Leon Barnett was discharged from his position as a correctional officer with the District of Columbia Department of Corrections, a position he had held for two and a half years. The Department discharged him because it discovered that he had been convicted of a felony and had not included that information in his January 22, 1980, employment application.1 Barnett, however, was not obligated to set forth on that application any convictions that had been expunged,2 *1158and Barnett did not reveal the conviction in question because he understood that…
2Cases cited79 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Weinberger v. SalfiSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Moore v. City of East ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Joseph Spiegler v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
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- Hawkins v. HallDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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- Berkley v. D.C. Transit, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
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