MILLER v. BOND

Nos. 79-1904 — 79-1924.

641 F.2d 997 (1981)

Elvin B. MILLER, v. Langhorne M. BOND, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration et al., Appellants. George K. WILMOTH, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Richard W. WEESE, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Joseph J. TOMASSETTI, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. John G. PETERSON, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. V. Kaye MacSPARRAN, Executrix of the Estate of Richard T. MacSparran, Decedent, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. James J. KELLEY, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Joseph H. HAUBENSTEIN, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Earl L. HAYMAKER, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Paul H. DeMANGE, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. David N. DARLING, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Lloyd W. COBURN, Jr., v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. David W. ELLIS, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Richard G. HART, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Louis C. ENGLER, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. George H. RUNNER, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. William J. CRAFT, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Gary MEYER, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Andrew J. WILLIAMS, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellants. Edward DISHART, v. Langhorne M. BOND, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration et al., Appellants. Laurence ALDRICH, v. Langhorne M. BOND, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Peter E. George and Robert E. L. Eaton, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellants.

Donald H. Dalton, Washington, D. C., for appellees in Nos. 79-1905 thru 79-1916.

Thomas F. Bianco, Rockville, Md., for appellees in Nos. 79-1904, 79-1917 thru 79-1924; Daniel B. Jordan, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellees in Nos. 79-1904, 79-1917 thru 79-1924.

Before ROBINSON and WALD, Circuit Judges and JUNE L. GREEN, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

The Professional Air Traffic Controllers' Organization ("PATCO") represents a substantial number of the air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"). In late March of 1970, PATCO called a sick-out of those controllers.1 Extensive disruptions in air service resulted as approximately one quarter of the nation's air controllers reported in sick each day between March...

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