Former Employees of Federated Merch. Group v. United States, (2005)

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Former Employees of Federated Merch. Group v. United States, (2005)

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FORMER EMPLOYEES OF FEDERATED MERCHANDISING GROUP, A PART OF FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES,

Plaintiffs, v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant.

Court No. 03-00689 Before: Judge Timothy C. Stanceu

[Plaintiffs' motion for judgment upon the agency record granted; case remanded] Decided: February 7, 2005 David Abrams, Attorney at Law, for plaintiffs.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, Jeanne E. Davidson, Deputy Director, Steven Mager, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice; Peter Nessen, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, of Counsel, for defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

STANCEU, Judge:

Plaintiffs, former employees of Federated Merchandising Group, a part of Federated Department Stores ("Federated"), appeal from a final decision by the United States Department of Labor ("Labor" or the "Department") denying them eligibility for trade adjustment assistance benefits under Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 19 U.S.C. § 2272 (West Supp. 2004) (the "Act"). Labor concluded that the employees did n...

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