DANTRAN, INC. v. U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 00-1656.

246 F.3d 36 (2001)

DANTRAN, INC. and Robert Holmes, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Romeo, with whom Seth D. Harrow was on brief, for appellants.

Carol Arnold, Attorney, with whom Henry L. Solano, Solicitor of Labor, Steven J. Mandel, Associate Solicitor, and Paul L. Frieden, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

After six years of litigation challenging the Secretary of Labor's attempt to bar them from government contracting because of irregular payroll practices, appellants Dantran, Inc., and its principal, Robert C. Holmes, prevailed. This court ruled that, given the circumstances, "debarment would be a punishment totally out of proportion to the offense (and, therefore, contrary to the regulations)." See Dantran v. U.S. Dep't of Labor,...

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