Kellerman v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1581 · 5 U.S.C. § 3502
Relies on Laskey Bros. of West Virginia, Inc. v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. · Baxter v. United States · Newman v. United States · Nordstrom v. United States · Smith v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * The court’s reasoning there [Nordstrom v. United States, 177 Ct.Cl. 818 (1966)] is equally applicable to the present dispute: In the instant case, no exercise of discretion is required. Plaintiff is not seeking a promotion — he is seeking the benefit incident to a reclassification, an automatic action which applied to everyone [in plaintiff’s position]. 177 Ct.Cl. at 825 . The case now at bar involves not a general reclassification of grade level but a similar general removal of a wage ceiling.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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