Opinion ID: 449471
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Failure to Make Appropriate Findings of Fact

Text: 31 Section 7118(a)(8) of the Labor Management Act and 5 U.S.C. Sec. 557(c)(3) facilitate meaningful judicial review by requiring the FLRA to set forth its findings of fact with regard to all factual issues presented by the record. The Union argues that had this Court merely wanted additional legal arguments it could have solicited these itself instead of remanding the proceeding. This argument overlooks an important purpose of the remand. It was not intended simply to develop the record. Rather, it was to give the agency that Congress entrusted with the task of making law within the interstices of the statute an opportunity to exercise its developed expertise and be the first to address the question. Moreover, the objecting parties offer no authority for their argument that the statements and affidavits in some fashion fail to constitute evidence upon which factual findings may be based. The Authority drew a number of its findings from statements of position and attached affidavits submitted by the Guard. These findings relate to the nature and functions of the Guard and the uniform requirement as a means of accomplishing the Guard's mission. 32