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Black v. United States

United States Court of Federal Claims

Decided March 27, 2003No. 02-343 CPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BUSH, Judge.

BACKGROUND

For two days, beginning August 3, 1981, approximately 11,000 air traffic controllers, who were members of a union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), went on strike against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As a result, in December 1981, President Ronald Reagan terminated all of the air traffic controllers who had gone on strike. Moreover, by memorandum dated December 9, 1981, to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), President Reagan directed that the terminated air traffic controllers were indefinitely barred from…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Karen S. Reynolds v. Army and Air Force Exchange ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Edelmann v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
  2. Meyers v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2010
  3. Wolfchild v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2010
  4. Refaei v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2016
  5. Burch v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011

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