United States DC Circuit

A decision of the Federal Service Impasses Panel declining to exercise jurisdiction over bargaining impasses between the Federal Aviation Administration and certain employee unions is affirmed where the unions failed to demonstrate the predicates necessary for judicial jurisdiction over the Panel's decision.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/19/2006
• Decided 02/17/2006
• Published 02/20/2006

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William W. Osborne, Jr. argued the cause for appellants.   With him on the briefs were Debra L. Willen, Marguerite L. Graf, and Michael D. Derby.


• For Appellees:
  
• James F. Blandford, Attorney, Federal Labor Relations Authority, argued the cause for appellees.   With him on the brief was William R. Tobey, Acting Solicitor., Andrew Steinberg, Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, argued the cause for amicus curiae Federal Aviation Administration in support of the appellees.   With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, William G. Kanter and Edward Himmelfarb, Attorneys, Jeffrey A. Rosen, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, and Paul M. Geier, Assistant General Counsel.