AKRON STANDARD DIV. OF EAGLE-PICHER v. DONOVAN

No. 84-3650.

780 F.2d 568 (1986)

AKRON STANDARD DIVISION OF EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond DONOVAN, Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily M. Sweeney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio. Frank A. Rosenfeld (argued), Leonard Schaitman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

James L. Bickett (argued), David H. Shaffer, Stephen B. Spolar, Joondeph & Shaffer, Akron, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRITT and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges; and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Hollis Palmer, at that time an employee of Lectromelt Casting and Machinery Company (Lectromelt) and chairman of the union safety committee, filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), charging certain safety violations at this Akron, Ohio plant. OSHA inspectors cited the plant for several violations, and shortly afterward Palmer was suspended for five days for alleged absence from his work station and...

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