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· 6/29/2007

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA v. Chao

Citations

  • 493 F.3d 155
  • 377 U.S. App. D.C. 182
  • 2005 CCH OSHD 32,897
  • 21 OSHC (BNA) 2081
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 15480
  • 2007 WL 1855073

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that “the FAA ha[s] broad authority and discretion, granted by 6 Congress, to gather facts and apply their expertise to establish standards and regulations” 7 with respect to aircraft health and safety regulations
  • requiring exhaustion because “having largely disregarded agency procedures the [plaintiffs] are in no position to complain of agency delay”
  • “[H]aving largely disregarded agency procedures the [plaintiffs] are in no position to complain of agency delay.”
  • requiring plaintiff to exhaust administrative remedies where plaintiff union could \petition the agencies directly for the relief they seek in this lawsuit\
  • \[E]xhaustion is especially important where allowing the litigants to proceed in federal court would deprive the agency of any opportunity to exercise its discretion or apply its expertise.\ (emphasis in original)

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Judges: Sentelle, Randolph, Rogers

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