United States Department of the Treasury, United States Customs Service v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s affirmance of an arbitrator’s award that held a regulation is*684sued by the Customs Service in violation of a statute regulating coastwise trade. The Authority challenges our jurisdiction to review its order. We hold instead that the arbitrator and the FLRA exceeded their own jurisdiction.

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At the time this case arose, § 1448(a) of the federal customs laws required ships originating from “a foreign port or place” to make “formal entry” with United States…