Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n v. Sheet Metal Contractors Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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• determining that characterizations of an employee’s performance on a proficiency report were not appropriate grounds for a Privacy Act claim because “interpretation of facts is properly consigned to the professional judgment of the agency official”
• determining that characterizations of an employee’s performance on a proficiency report were not appropriate grounds for a Privacy Act claim because “interpretation of facts is properly consigned to the professional judgment of the agency official”
• affirming grant of summary judgment denying a due process claim because critical comments in a personnel file did not infringe a liberty interest
• “clear mistakes of fact, inaccurate opinions based solely upon such erroneous facts, and plainly irresponsible judgments of performance or character” should be eliminated from records

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).