UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, Appellee,
v.
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC., Respondent, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard April 5, 1996.
Decided May 14, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard D. Wayne, Boston, MA, with whom Willard Krasnow, Lara SanGiovanni, and Hinckley, Allen & Snyder were on brief, for appellant.
Frederick D. Braid, Walter J. Johnson, Sharon N. Berlin, Rains & Pogrebin, P.C., Mineola, NY, Daniel J. Popeo, and David A. Price on brief for Washington Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.
John Shortall, Attorney, United States Dept. of Labor, with whom Joseph M. Woodward and Ann Rosenthal, United States Dept. of Labor, Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, and Gretchen Leah Witt, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellees.
Before SELYA, STAHL and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
On the surface this case appears to touch a sensitive nerve: how the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), 29 U.S.C. §§ 651-678 (1994), interfaces with the field of ergonomics (the study and design of workplace environments and job tasks and their effects on employee health). Indeed, the respondent-appellant, Sturm, Ruger & Co. (Sturmco), and the amicus, the Washington Legal Foundation...
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