PAETZ v. U.S.

No. 85-7346.

795 F.2d 1533 (1986)

Robert PAETZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Sellers Smith, Smith, Huckaby & Graves, P.A., Huntsville, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., Herbert J. Lewis, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and ALAIMO, Chief District Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue presented in this appeal is whether a civil service employee had an age discrimination claim pending on May 1, 1974, the effective date of the amendment extending the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to federal employees. Finding that the claim was pending, we reverse.

I. Facts

The appellant, Robert Paetz, is a rocket expert who came from Germany to the United States in 1945 to work with Dr. Wernher...

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