Legal Opinion
Gregory C. Porter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 20, 1999No. 97-5007PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents questions of first impression relating to the authority and duty of civilian boards for the correction of military records. The case involves the Air Force Board for the Correction of Military Records (“Air Board” or “AFBCMR”). The plaintiff and appellee, Gregory C. Porter, was twice passed over, in 1984 and 1985, for promotion to captain in the Air Force, and was honorably but involuntarily discharged in May 1985 under the statutory “up or out” rule. Thinking his initial passover to be the result of a faulty Officer Effectiveness Report (“OER”),…
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