Supreme Court· 6/1/1959

Vitarelli v. Seaton

Citations

359 U.S. 535
79 S. Ct. 968
3 L. Ed. 2d 1012
1959 U.S. LEXIS 899

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holding U.S. Department of Interior violated its own termination proceeding regulations when it denied employee the right to cross-examine adverse witnesses and failed to provide a specific statement of charges at disciplinary hearing
holding that plaintiff was “entitled to reinstatement”
standing for the well-established principle that an agency is generally required to follow its regulations
standing for the well-established principle that an agency is generally required to follow its regulations

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Judges: Harlan, Frankfurter, Clark, Whittaker, Stewart

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