STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORP. v. HERMAN

No. 95-6850.

115 F.3d 1568 (1997)

STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Alexis HERMAN, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Rader, Joan B. Tucker Fife, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Vonda L. Marshall, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, George Huddleston, III, Birmingham, AL, for Respondent.

Before ANDERSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and CUDAHY, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Senior Circuit Judge:

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