ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. v. BROCK

No. 85-920.

480 U.S. 678 (1987)

ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., ET AL. v. BROCK, SECRETARY OF LABOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Coleman, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Donald T. Bliss and John H. Beisner.

Deputy Solicitor General Cohen argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for the federal respondents were Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Willard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Spears, Lawrence S. Robbins, and Douglas Letter. Gary Green, Eugene B. Granof, and George B. Dreisen filed a brief for respondent Air Line Pilots Association. Matthew H. Finucane filed a brief for respondent Association of Flight Attendants. William J. Birney and William G. Mahoney filed a brief for respondents Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks et al.*


JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

In INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983), this Court held unconstitutional the congressional-veto provision in § 244 (c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 66 Stat. 216, as amended, 8 U. S. C. § 1254(c)(2), and found it severable from the remainder of that Act. Petitioners, 14 commercial airlines, in the present...

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