Harvey M. Scharf v. Department of the Air Force

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• holding that the misinformation must be such that a “reasonable person would have been misled.”
• holding that a court must examine the circumstances surrounding a resignation “to test the ability of the employee to exercise free choice” and that a resignation cannot be voluntary when “an employee fails to understand the situation due to mental incompetence”
• holding that a court must examine the circumstances surrounding a resignation \to test the ability of the employee to exercise free choice\ and that a resignation cannot be voluntary when \an employee fails to understand the situation due to mental incompetence\
• stating that “a resignation will be held involuntary if obtained by agency misrepresentation or deception”
• finding involuntary retirement where petitioner proved reasonable reliance on a misrepresentation made by a specific agency counselor
• ordering agency to cancel protected civil service employee's involuntary retirement and reinstate him to his former position with back pay

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