Legal Opinion
United States v. Gary Greene, United States of America v. Harry L. Grant, United States of America v. Ronald A. May
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1983No. 81-1625, 82-1003 and 82-1005PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by three air traffic controllers employed by the United States Government in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. They were convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1918 for participating in a strike while employed by the federal government. Because we find that the indictments state facts constituting a crime, the statute itself is not void for vagueness, and the selection of defendants for prosecution did not violate equal protection such that dismissal of the indictments was warranted, we affirm.
Defendants Grant, Greene and May are all former air traffic control…
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