Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Halpert v. Udall

379 U.S. 645

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1965-01-18
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that it was not arbitrary and capricious for the FAA to discharge air traffic controller on the basis of his admissions that, before joining the FAA, he had smoked marijuana and engaged in homosexual acts, even though he was neither arrested nor convicted for that conduct
  • affirming dismissal of air traffic controller based on pre-employment conduct including homosexual activity and smoking of marijuana

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
40 opinions
Per Curiam.

The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is áffirmed.