LUMBER, PROD. & INDUS. WORKERS LOG SCALERS v. U.S.

Civ. No. 82-719-PA.

580 F.Supp. 279 (1984)

LUMBER, PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS LOG SCALERS LOCAL 2058, Charles Smedley and Ray Jepsen, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture; Jeff M. Sirmon, Regional Forester, United States Forest Service; Northwest Log Scalers Cooperative, an Oregon cooperative corporation; and Southern Oregon Log Scaling and Grading Bureau, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

January 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Garone, Jolles, Sokol & Bernstein, P.C., Portland, Or., for plaintiffs.

Charles H. Turner, U.S. Atty., Jack B. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for federal defendants.


OPINION

PANNER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, a lumber workers union and two of its officials, bring this action to enjoin certain federal officials from continuing to recognize a log scalers cooperative. They contend that union members have lost substantial job opportunities because the U.S. Forest Service recognized the cooperative in violation of the Forest Service Manual ("Manual"). The Forest Service recognized the cooperative even though it lacked a...

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