UNITED ASS'N OF JOURNEYMEN v. BARR

No. 91-5337.

981 F.2d 1269 (1992)

UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING AND PIPE FITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AFL-CIO, LOCAL UNION NO. 412, et al. v. William P. BARR, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally M. Rider, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, argued the cause for the appellants. With her on the briefs were Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys, Washington, DC.

Marsha S. Berzon, San Francisco, CA, argued the cause for the appellees. With her on the brief were Victor Van Bourg, San Francisco, CA, Kathy L. Krieger, Brian A. Powers, Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Berzon, San Francisco, CA.

Hamilton Loeb, Thomas A. Lorenzen, and David A. Glauber, Washington, DC, were on the brief for amicus curiae Heerema Engineering (U.S.), Inc., d/b/a Heerema Offshore Services (U.S.), Inc.

Before: MIKVA, Chief Judge, SENTELLE and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

Stated in its broadest terms, the issue presented is whether aliens, in order to perform work installing oil rigs on the outer Continental Shelf, must obtain visas of the type issued to nonimmigrant aliens entering the United States to perform temporary service or labor. Two federal statutes are involved: the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953 ("OCSL Act"), 67 Stat. 462...

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