· 1/29/1987
Margaret J. Schultz v. United States Navy
Citations
- 810 F.2d 1133
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 15
How courts have described this case
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- holding that agency’s requirement that resignation be submitted immediately was coercive
- noting that the Board has jurisdiction if agency lacks “reasonable grounds for threatening to take an adverse action”
- finding that a supervisor’s refusal to reconsider an absent without leave charge after receiving a medical certificate that fully supported the leave request was improper
- stating that the fact that an employee faces an unpleasant choice of either resigning or facing removal for cause does not render his decision involuntary
- stating that the fact that an employee faces an unpleasant choice of either resigning or facing removal for cause does not render his decision involuntary
- stating that an employee must “show that the [employer] knew that the reason for the threatened removal could not be substantiated”
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Judges: Markey, Davis, Nies
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