Rowe v. McLucas’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
April 1978
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 5 U.S.C. § 702
Relies on Gooding v. United States · Polcover v. Secretary of Treasury · Leefer v. Administrator, National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Most-quoted passages
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“The responsibilities performed should dictate the position description; (the Commission's) advocacy of the inverse proposition is misguided.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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