Air Line Pilots Association, International v. United States Department of Transportation, Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Intervenor

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) challenges a determination by the Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) that DOT’s Secretary was not required to recuse himself from a matter involving a client of the Secretary’s potential employer. The potential employer did not represent the client in the matter at issue, but did represent that client in other matters pending before DOT. We find no cause to disturb the Department’s disposition and therefore deny the petition for review.

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In the spring of 1988, DOT conducted a six-week preliminary…