BROWNING v. CLERK, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

No. 85-5144.

789 F.2d 923 (1986)

Betty G. BROWNING v. CLERK, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Ross, with whom Charles Tiefer, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellants.

Linda Huber, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before WALD and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges, and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Denied July 8, 1986.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Browning, the first black Official Reporter employed by the United States House of Representatives, was discharged after seven years for gross errors and omissions in a particular committee reporting assignment and generally for the low quality of her reporting. Browning admitted these errors below,

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