Frederic U. Boehm v. Colonel Thomas G. Foster, III

Boehm petitions for review of an arbitrator’s decision holding that the Defense Language Institute (“DLI”) had just cause for terminating him. We affirm.

I.

Petitioner was employed as a civilian foreign language instructor at DLL On November 8, 1979, he sent a letter to his supervisor entitled “proposed suspension and removal from supervisory position.” The letter was a parody of the type of notice normally sent by management to employees subject to discipline. The letter alleged 24 grounds for discipline, all couched in general terms. Petitioner charged his supervisor with, inter alia, a “strong inclination and propensity to be a little self-styled dictator in miniature without competency,” with an “outstanding capacity to be rude, abusive, and frequently very insolent towards certain instructors on a selective basis,” “unprofessional conduct on the job toward fellow instructors on a selective basis,” a “determination to inflict severe emotional anguish and stress upon fellow employees,” and “intimidation and harassment of fellow employees on the job whenever and wherever possible.” The letter named many other alleged grounds for discipline. To the extent that any specific…