UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-1123

WORKS COUNCIL (BETRIEBSVERTRETUNG) 86 CEG; FRITZ FRANK; BERND GUCKENBIEHL; MANFRED KRAUS; KURT MATHEIS; HORST-WALTER NEU; WOLFGANG SIEGFRIED; KARL-HEINZ STASS; R&W FLAMMANN GMBH,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

versus

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE; DR. JAMES G. ROCHE, SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

WORLD SERVICE ALLIANCE, GMBH,

Intervenor/Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, District Judge. (CA-99-1522-A)

Argued: September 23, 2003 Decided: October 8, 2003

Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. ARGUED: David Samuel Panzer, GREENBERG TRAURIG, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Steven E. Gordon, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jon W. Van Horne, Eric C. Rowe, Geoffrey J. Greeves, GREENBERG TRAURIG, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Mark David Maxwell, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

We have considered the record and the briefs and, upon oral

argument, are of opinion there is no reversible error in this case.

The judgment of the district court is accordingly

AFFIRMED.

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