COUTY v. DOLE

No. 88-2233.

886 F.2d 147 (1989)

Richard COUTY, Petitioner, v. Elizabeth DOLE, Secretary, United States Department of Labor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thad M. Guyer, Medford, Or., for petitioner.

Barbara Racine, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before BOWMAN, Circuit Judge, and FLOYD R. GIBSON and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Federal law seeks to protect from retaliatory discharge employees in the nuclear power industry who act as "whistle-blowers." Under 42 U.S.C. § 5851(a)(1) (1982), "[n]o employer ... may discharge any employee ... because the employee ... commenced, caused to be commenced, or is about to commence or cause to be commenced a proceeding under this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954."

In 1986 petitioner Richard Couty was employed...

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