United States DC Circuit

Petition brought by a union seeking a judgment that airport security screeners have the right to engage in collective bargaining was properly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; the FLRA had exclusive authority to render judgment on this question.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/22/2004
• Decided 05/14/2004
• Published 05/14/2004

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge;  RANDOLPH and ROBERTS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gony Frieder argued the cause for appellant.   On the briefs were Mark Roth and Anne M. Wagner.


• For Appellees:
  
• William G. Kanter, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., U.S. Attorney, Douglas N. Letter and Howard S. Scher, Attorneys.