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FRAZIER v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BD.

Nos. 80-1067, 80-1986.

672 F.2d 150 (1982)

Robert J. FRAZIER, Jr., Terry E. Love, Charles E. Morris, William C. Reilly, Petitioners, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD and Department of Justice, Respondents, William E. Hall, Paul R. Michael and Benjamin R. Civiletti, Intervenors. Robert J. FRAZIER, Jr., Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent, William E. Hall, Director, U.S. Marshals Service, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Roth, Washington, D. C., for petitioners.

Jane M. Edmisten, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Jeffrey Hiller, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, Government Accountability Project, urging reversal.

Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., William Kanter and Howard S. Scher, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenors, Hall, et al. Patricia G. Reeves, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for intervenors, Hall, et al.

Before BAZELON and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judges, and WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON.

BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case presents a number of important questions of first impression arising under the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA or Act). A central purpose of the Act is to provide increased protection for "whistleblowers," federal employees seeking to disclose wrongdoing in the government. The Act authorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board), on petition...

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