MACKOWIAK v. UNIVERSITY NUCLEAR SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 83-7353.

735 F.2d 1159 (1984)

Robert MACKOWIAK, Petitioner, v. UNIVERSITY NUCLEAR SYSTEMS, INC., and Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Cross Eschenbach, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner.

Elizabeth S. Woodruff, Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Before WRIGHT, GOODWIN and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Mackowiak, a quality control inspector for University Nuclear Systems, Inc. (UNSI), was terminated in a reduction of force in January, 1982. He asserts that the termination occurred because he was an overly zealous inspector and because he identified safety problems to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He filed a complaint under the "whistle blower" protection statute of the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5851....

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