Here’s a post from Jeffrey Lubbers, Professor of Practice in Administrative Law at American University’s Washington College of Law:
Friends—The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court’s upholding of the National Mediation Board’s election ballot counting rule today. Judge Tatel wrote for himself and Judge Griffin. Judge Henderson dissented.
The court ruled, using Chevron, that the statute was ambiguous and that the Board’s rule was permissible. It also ruled that its change from a longstanding rule was not arbitrary and capricious, citing Fox TV Stations, and affirmed Judge Friedman’s denial of a discovery request by ATA seeking evidence of bias on the part of the Board majority, citing the ANA case. It is a rare rulemaking bias case in that regard.
http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf
10-5253, Air Transp. Assoc. of America v. National Mediation Board
This post was originally published on the legacy ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Notice and Comment blog, which merged with the Yale Journal on Regulation Notice and Comment blog in 2015.
Here’s a post from Jeffrey Lubbers, Professor of Practice in Administrative Law at American University’s Washington College of Law:
Friends—The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court’s upholding of the National Mediation Board’s election ballot counting rule today. Judge Tatel wrote for himself and Judge Griffin. Judge Henderson dissented.
The court ruled, using Chevron, that the statute was ambiguous and that the Board’s rule was permissible. It also ruled that its change from a longstanding rule was not arbitrary and capricious, citing Fox TV Stations, and affirmed Judge Friedman’s denial of a discovery request by ATA seeking evidence of bias on the part of the Board majority, citing the ANA case. It is a rare rulemaking bias case in that regard.
http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf
10-5253, Air Transp. Assoc. of America v. National Mediation Board
This post was originally published on the legacy ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Notice and Comment blog, which merged with the Yale Journal on Regulation Notice and Comment blog in 2015.