WOOD v. UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

No. 72-1644.

472 F.2d 96 (1973)

Phillip S. WOOD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., William T. Huyck, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Harlington Wood, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Morton Hollander, William D. Appler, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants.

Leonard Karlin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORGAN, District Judge.


CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellee Phillip S. Wood was discharged by the United States Postal Service1 after he allegedly participated in the falsification of postal timecards. After the charges against him were sustained by an administrative hearing and two appeals, Wood filed suit in the district court challenging the legality of the procedures used by the Postal Service to gather evidence and to discharge him. That court found instead...

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