FOSTER v. RIPLEY

No. 79-2107.

645 F.2d 1142 (1981)

Dr. Willis R. FOSTER, Appellant, v. S. Dillon RIPLEY, individually and in his capacity as Secretary of Smithsonian Institution et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron F. Kerry, Washington, D. C., with whom William J. Kolasky, Jr., Richard F. Goodstein and Arthur B. Spitzer, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

Constance L. Belfiore, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Dennis A. Dutterer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before LUMBARD, Senior Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, ROBB and MIKVA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge LUMBARD.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Willis R. Foster appeals from the order of the District Court for the District of Columbia, Harold H. Greene, J., granting summary judgment against the plaintiff on his claims that his dismissal from the position of Vice President for Professional Services of the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, Inc. (SSIE) violated...

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