USERY v. LACY

No. 76-2201.

628 F.2d 1226 (1980)

W. J. USERY, Jr., Secretary of Labor, Petitioner, v. Franklin R. LACY (Aqua View Apartments), and Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Burkley, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Franklin R. Lacey, William McLaughlin, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Before TRASK and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, District Judge.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether an employer can be cited for violating the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (1976), in the course of constructing a medium-sized apartment building, or whether his contacts with interstate commerce are too attenuated or uncertain to bring him within the Act's coverage.

An administrative law judge dismissed the complaint against respondent on December...

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