Legal Opinion
Paul W. Burkett v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided November 15, 1968No. 288-66PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge.
For some years prior to the middle of 1964, plaintiff Paul W. Burkett, a veteran, was employed by various units of the Department of Defense; at that time he was a Supervisory Industrial Engineer (GS 14) in the Headquarters of the Army Weapons Command at the Rock Island Arsenal. He was removed on September 1, 1964, for making malicious statements against his immediate superior (R. L. Milne) with the intent to harm or destroy the latter’s reputation, authority, or official standing. The Civil Service Commission upheld the separation, and plaintiff has sought review here. Both…
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