Ranone v. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SEC., BD. OF REV.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for certiorari filed pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, G.L.1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 42-35-16, to review a judgment of the District Court which affirmed the Rhode Island Department of Employment Security Board of Review’s decision to deny unemployment-compensation benefits to federal employees who engaged in an illegal strike. After a review of the record, we affirm.

The facts are undisputed. In August 1981 plaintiffs, air traffic controllers employed by the federal government, participated in a strike in violation of federal…