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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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