Lipscomb v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves the efforts of the Association of Civilian Technicians (“ACT”), a labor union, to conduct a representation election among the Mississippi Army National Guard civilian technicians. Adjutant General Lipscomb in his official capacity as head of the Mississippi National Guard (“MSNG”), the Mississippi Militia, and the Mississippi Military Department (along with the entities themselves) (collectively, “Lipscomb”), brought this action for a declaratory judgment that the Federal Labor Relations Authority (“FLRA”) had no authority under the Federal…