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COMMITTEE TO PROTECT FIRST AMENDMENT v. BERGLAND

No. 78-2030.

626 F.2d 875 (1979)

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT the FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES OF the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Appellant, v. Bob BERGLAND, Individually and as Secretary of Agriculture, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1979.

Certiorari Denied June 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl L. Shipley, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

John H. E. Bayly, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert,* U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Peter E. George and David H. Shapiro, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

Walter H. Fleischer and Alfred F. Belcuore, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae urging reversal.

Before LEVENTHAL, ROBB and WALD, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied June 16, 1980. See 100 S.Ct. 3012.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge LEVENTHAL.**

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a claim that the Secretary of Agriculture had denied employment on the basis of political beliefs and associations. The Committee to Protect the First Amendment Rights of Employees of the Department of Agriculture (Committee) brought the action for declaratory and...

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