ARNETT v. KENNEDY

No. 72-1118.

416 U.S. 134 (1974)

ARNETT, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ET AL. v. KENNEDY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Friedman argued the cause for appellants. On the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Assistant Attorney General Wood, Keith A. Jones, Walter H. Fleischer, and William Kanter.

Charles Barnhill, Jr., argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Judson H. Miner and Leo Pellerzi.*


MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST announced the judgment of the Court in an opinion in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE STEWART join.

Prior to the events leading to his discharge, appellee Wayne Kennedy1 was a nonprobationary federal employee in the competitive Civil Service. He was a field representative in the Chicago Regional Office of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). In March 1972, he...

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