This brief represents Public Service Research Council regarding whether Congress, in enacting the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, created a federal private right of action for employees of a municipally owned transit system for an alleged breach of a local collective bargaining agreement.
“Legal Aid Agency Limits Its Spending”
This New York Times article quotes Bill Olson as the newly named chairman of the board and one of seven new directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
Reagan’s Ruling Class: Portraits of the President’s Top One Hundred Officials
Bill Olson was appointed by President Reagan as a Member, and Chairman, of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation in December 1981. His service in the Reagan Administration was profiled in the book Reagan’s Ruling Class: Portraits of the President’s Top One Hundred Officials, by Ronald Brownstein and Nina Easton, published by the Public Accountability Group, 1982.
“Reagan Chooses Lawyer as Chief of Legal Aid Agency for the Poor”
This New York Times article reports that President Reagan appointed Bill Olson as chairman of the Legal Services Corporation.
“Appointment of Seven Members of the Legal Services Corporation, and Designation of Acting Chairman”
President Reagan designated Bill Olson as Acting Chariman of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, et al. v. United States of America
Representing Public Service Research Council, this brief urges the Supreme Court to uphold President Reagan’s firing of air traffic controllers engaged in illegal strike activity.
National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, et al. v. USPS
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia gave us a victory in our challenge to Postal Service pricing which discriminated against nonprofit mailers.
President-Elect Reagan Letter regarding Service on Reagan Transition Team
Bill Olson received a memorandum from President-Elect Reagan thanking him for the submission of the Final Report of the Transition Team for the Legal Service Corporation which Bill chaired.