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ROMERO v. U.S.

Nos. 91-1440, 91-1460 and 92-1214.

38 F.3d 1204 (1994)

Pedro ROMERO, Luis R. Acosta, Juan Arnaldi, Jr., Ana Angelet, Pablo E. Blanco, Iris Bland, Maria C. Bravo, Minerva Bravo, Marshall D. Burgess, Joan R. Campbell, Escolastico Cruz, Petra G. Dearce, Benjamin Dejesus, Evelyn Cruz Del Toro, Jorge L. Dones, Alfredo Ferrer, Brenda Ferrer, Benjamin Franco, Ashton F. Jardine, James W. Keech, Ernest W. Limper, Helen C. Limper, Juan G. Lugo, Aurea McFarquhar, Jose N. Morales, Sanders Odom, Floyd Olson, Helena Gomez Ortiz, Eugene L. Parker, Ileana Real, Pedro Reyes, Nayda M. Richardson, Raul D. Rivera, Maria Ines Rodriguez, Myrna Rodriguez, Valentino M. Rodriguez, Juan N. Sanchez, Jerome F. Sicinski, Marilyn Stalzer, Julia Torres, Norma Vega, for themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Cola Defense Committee of Puerto Rico, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant/Cross-Appellant. Lloyd BENTSEN, Secretary of the Treasury, Michael D. Serlin, Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations of the Financial Management Service, United States Department of the Treasury, and United States Postal Service, Defendants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, Third-Party Defendant/Appellee. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO; AFGE Locals 2408, 2608, 2614, 2698, 2837 and Faustino James Padilla, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lloyd BENTSEN, Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant-Appellee. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO; Alberto Ortiz; Julio Blanch; Dimitre Padilla; Tomas Suarez and Jose L. Otero, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lloyd BENTSEN, Secretary of the Treasury, and Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan F. Blakley, Mullendore & Watt, Missoula, MT, argued, for plaintiffs-appellants in appeal nos. 91-1440, -1460. With him on the brief, were William C. Watt and Robert C. Mullendore. Alexia Fay McCaskill, Staff Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, of Washington, DC, argued, for plaintiffs-appellants in appeal no. 92-1214. With her on the brief were Mark D. Roth, Gen. Counsel and Charles A. Hobbie, Deputy Gen. Counsel. Susan L. Catler, O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, Washington, DC, argued, for plaintiffs-appellants, American Postal Workers Union, et al.

John J. McCarthy, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued, for defendant/cross-appellant. With him on the brief were Shirley D. Peterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary R. Allen, David English Carmack, and James A. Bruton, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. Of counsel was Kathryn A. Bleecker, Atty., Dept. of Justice.

Reina Colon DeRodriguez, Jorge E. Perez-Diaz and Anabelle Rodriguez-Rodriguez, of San Juan, PR, represented the third-party defendant/appellee, Com. of Puerto Rico.

Before ARCHER, Chief Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and PLAGER, Circuit Judge.

ARCHER, Chief Judge.

Pedro Romero et al. (Romero), the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. (AFGE), and the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, et al. (APWU), appeal from the summary judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Civil Nos. 89-0412(JAF), 90-1117(JAF) and 90-1173(JAF) (May 28, 1991). The district court upheld the validity of an agreement between the Secretary of the Treasury...

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