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RISTOFF v. U.S.

No. 87-1412.

839 F.2d 1242 (1988)

George J. RISTOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, and Lynn J. Helms, Administrator Federal Aviation Administration, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Johnson, Pasky & Wood, Aurora, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gail C. Ginsberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.

MYRON L. GORDON, Senior District Judge.

The appellant, George Ristoff, was employed by the defendant, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as an air traffic controller in Aurora, Illinois. A member of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), Mr. Ristoff was one of a large number of air traffic controllers fired in 1981 after PATCO went out on strike against the FAA.

Mr. Ristoff appealed his firing to the Merit Systems Protection Board...

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