In Re: KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL COMPANY, July 5, 1999 explosion at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company, Gramercy Works Facility Subpoena Duces Tecum; et al., Movants,
In Re: Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Company, July 5, 1999 explosion at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Company, Gramercy Works Facility Subpoena Duces Tecum; Terry Denova; Sylvester Batiste; Kelly Duffy; Blackie Leblanc; William Kirsch; Don Phillips; George Guelfo; John Haley; Richard Osborne; Walter Bounds; Steven Bacala; Pete Johnston; Anthony Vicknair; Glen Lynagh; Patrick Harrington, Brian Hatfield; Walter Hansley; Ruben Cole; Kenneth Hymel; Bret Hebert; Scott Halphen; Joseph Kernan; Marty Wunstel; Howard Anderson, Movants-Appellants,
Darryl Jackson; Terry Brouilette; Don Williamson; Bud Garcia; Matt Matthews; Seymour Brown; Whit Conway; Forrest Benge; Herman Farlough; Dennis Hawes; Abe Lowe; David Steele; Earl Veal, Appellants,
v.
United States Department of Labor, Office of Mine Safety and Health, Movant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 12, 2000.
June 12, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Henry Chajet (argued), Mark Noah Savit, David Joseph Farber, Patton Boggs, Washington, DC, for Kaiser Aluminum and Chem. Corp. and Terry Brouilette.
Rachel Wendt Wisdom, Richard E. Sarver, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, for Kaiser Aluminum and Chem. Corp.
Kyle D. Schonekas, Patrick Shaw McGoey, Schonekas, Evans & McGoey, New Orleans, LA, for Kaiser Aluminum and Chem. Corp., Bret Hebert, Scott Halphen, Joseph Kerrnan, Marty Wunstel, Abe Lowe, David Steele and Earl Veal.
Gary K. Stearman (argued), Allen Howard Feldman, Nathaniel I. Spiller, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC, for Movant-Appellee.
Stephen Charles Yohay, Arthur G. Sapper, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for National Ass'n of Manufacturers, Amicus Curiae.
F. Barry Marionneaux, Ford Charles Marionneaux, Marionneaux & Marionneaux, Plaquemine, LA, for Denova.
Richard C. Stanley (argued), Thomas More Flanagan, Stanley & Flanagan, New Orleans, LA, for Battiste.
John E. Di Giulio, Baton Rouge, LA, for Duffy and Leblanc.
Edward J. Castaing, Jr., Crull, Castaing & Lilly, New Orleans, LA, for Kirsch and Phillips.
Pauline F. Hardin, Virginia W. Gundlach, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for Guelfo.
K. Eric Gisleson, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Haley and Osborne.
Ralph Shipley Whalen, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Bounds.
Herbert V. Larson, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Bacula, Johnston and Conway.
Shaun G. Clarke, Rene Webb Pennington, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Vicknair, Lynagh, Harrington and Hatfield.
John Wilson Reed, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, LA, for Hansley, Cole, Hymel, Benge, Farlough and Hawes.
Lawrence Joseph Centola, Jr., Hoffman, Siegel, Seydel, Bienvenu & Centola, New Orleans, LA, for Anderson, Garcia and Matthews.
George William Healy, IV, New Orleans, LA, for Jackson.
James E. Boren, Baton Rouge, La, for Williamson.
Robert N. Habans, Jr., Habans, Bologna & Carriere, New Orleans, LA, for Brown.
Before REAVLEY, SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Co. and several of its employees (collectively Kaiser) appeal a district court order enforcing subpoenas duces tecum issued by the Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Kaiser argues that MSHA does not have jurisdiction over the Kaiser facility in issue, and that certain documents are privileged. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Kaiser's Gramercy Works in Louisiana...
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