AFL-CIO v. DOLE

Nos. 89-5001, 89-5012.

884 F.2d 597 (1989)

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS (AFL-CIO), et al. v. Elizabeth H. DOLE, Secretary of Labor, et al., National Council of Agricultural Employers, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Koppel, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen. at the time the brief was filed, Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Harry L. Sheinfeld, Counsel for Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for federal appellants/appellees. Michael J. Singer, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees in No. 89-5001.

John M. Simpson, with whom Kathryn A. Oberly, Washington, D.C., Michael F. Rosenblum, Chicago, Ill., Patricia A. McCoy, and Robert A. Burgoyne, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants Nat. Council of Agr. Employers, et al.

Edward J. Tuddenham, Austin, Tex., with whom Shelley Davis, New York City, Garry G. Geffert, and David Silberman, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees AFL-CIO.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and BUCKLEY and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

The Department of Labor and the National Council of Agricultural Employers challenge district court orders enjoining the Department from implementing a new regulation governing the compensation of alien agricultural workers hired on a piece-work basis. The orders were based on a ruling that the Department had not provided a reasoned explanation for what the court deemed to be a departure...

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