Rosler v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 8502 · 5 U.S.C. § 8521
Relies on Estate of McGovern v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement Board · Laudenberger v. Port Auth. of Allegheny · Snider v. Thornburgh · Commonwealth v. Parker White Metal Co. · Independent Federation of Flight Attendants v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“(A) the individual was discharged or released under honorable conditions (and, if an officer, did not resign for the good of the service); and (B)(i) the individual was discharged or released after completing his first full term of active service which the individual initially agreed to serve, or (ii) the individual was discharged or released before completing such term of active service— (I) for the convenience of the Government under an early release program ...” 5 U.S.C. § 8521 (a).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The touchstone of substantive due process, as with equal protection, is whether the law in question is rationally related to a legitimate state goal, or whether the state action arbitrarily works to deny an individual life, liberty, or property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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