Legal Opinion
Kerry J. Matthews and Other Air Traffic Control Specialists v. United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1987No. 86-1005PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants are former air traffic controllers who were discharged by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), after the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (“PATCO”), strike in August 1981. The controllers in this action brought suit in federal district court on April 20, 1982, alleging that the FAA deprived them of one of their statutory appeal routes under the Civil Service Reform Act by sending out misleading notices upon their discharge. They asked the court to issue a writ of mandamus to the agency under 28 U.S.C. § 1361, ordering it to revoke the…
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