National Treasury v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES 

UNION (NTEU),

Petitioner, OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE No. 04-72237

 CURRENCY, FLRA No. 59 Intervenor, FLRA No. 148 v. OPINION

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS

AUTHORITY,

Respondent.  On Petition for Review of a Decision and Order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority

Argued and Submitted December 9, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed January 23, 2006

Before: Alex Kozinski and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and H. Russel Holland,* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Holland

*The Honorable H. Russel Holland, Senior District Judge for the Dis- trict of Alaska, sitting by designation. COUNSEL

Kerry L. Adams, Associate General Counsel, Nat. Treasury Employees Union, Washington, D.C., argued the cause for the petitioner; Gregory O’Duden, General Counsel, and Barbara A. Atkin, Deputy General Counsel, Nat. Treasury Employees Union, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs.

Ellen M. Warwick, Counsel, Office of the Comptroller…