Legal Opinion
Kropat v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 15, 1998No. 98-1186PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:
The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) suspended petitioner Loren Kropat for thirty days without pay for disruptive and abusive conduct on the job. Kropat protested this disciplinary action and his complaint culminated in an arbitration hearing. The arbitration panel dismissed one of the charges against Kropat and reduced his suspension from thirty to ten days.
Although Kropat was afforded substantial rights to prehearing discovery (e.g., a statement of the charges against him, access to materials related to his case, a right to representation, witness lists,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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