Pittman’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
July 1980
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 5101 · 5 U.S.C. § 5102
Relies on Thaggard v. United States · Selman v. United States · Selman v. United States · Peters v. United States · Steuer v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * The CIA, because of its unique and specialized functions, was granted by Congress the authority to formulate its own personnel policies consistent with those unique needs of the Agency. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baker
How this case has been treated — in progress
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