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LETENYEI v. DEPT. OF TRANSP., FAA

Appeal No. 83-1174.

735 F.2d 528 (1984)

Vaughn LETENYEI, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FAA, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian A. Wilhelm, Washington, D.C., argued for petitioner. With him on the brief were J. Thomas Burch, Jr., and David W. McDonald, Washington, D.C.

Sandra P. Spooner, Washington, D.C., argued for respondent. With her on the brief were J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director, and M. Susan Burnett, Washington, D.C.

Stephen C. Cooper and Steven Z. Cohen, Southfield, Mich., were on the brief for amicus curiae on behalf of petitioner.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and FRIEDMAN, RICH, SMITH and NIES, Circuit Judges.

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

The only issue we discuss in this case is whether, in sustaining the decision of the Federal Aviation Administration (Administration) removing the petitioner from his position as an air traffic controller for participating in the illegal air traffic controllers strike in August 1981, the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) correctly rejected the petitioner's argument that his absence from work resulted not from his participation in the...

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