COM. OF VA., EX REL. COM'R., ETC. v. MARSHALL

No. 78-1885.

599 F.2d 588 (1979)

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ex rel. COMMISSIONER, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ray MARSHALL, Secretary, United States Department of Labor, Defendant-Appellee, and Washington Building and Construction Trades Council, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee, American Road and Transportation Builders Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., and Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. McFarlane, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., John J. Beall, Jr., John M. McCarthy and Debra J. Prillaman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Richmond, Va., with him on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellant.

Mauricio A. Flores, Federal Programs Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald R. Glancz, App. Staff, Dept. of Justice, Carin Ann Clauss, Sol. of Labor, Ronald G. Whiting, Associate Sol. and Gail V. Coleman, Atty., Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., with him on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Terry R. Yellig (Thomas X. Dunn and Sherman, Dunn, Cohen & Leifer, Washington, D. C., with him on the brief), for defendant-intervenor-appellee.

Robert J. Hickey, Peter G. Kilgore and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Washington, D. C., submitted on the brief for amici curiae.

Before BREITENSTEIN, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal of the Commonwealth of Virginia challenges a wage rate determination by the Secretary of Labor made pursuant to the Federal-Aid Highway Act, 23 U.S.C. § 113 and the Davis-Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. § 276a. The district court decided in favor of the Secretary and dismissed the action. We affirm.

Proceeding under the Federal-Aid Highway Act, 23 U.S.C. § 101, et seq., Virginia applied to the Secretary of Transportation...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases