CATA v. PEREZ

No. 14-3557.

774 F.3d 173 (2014)

COMITE' DE APOYO A LOS TRABAJADORES AGRICOLAS; Pineros Y Campesinos Unidos Del Noroeste; Northwest Forest Worker Center; Jesus Martin Sauceda Pineda; Juan Doe, Appellants, v. Thomas E. PEREZ, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of Labor; United States Department of Labor; Eric M. Seleznow, in his official capacity as Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: December 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Classen Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., Baltimore, MD, Vanessa A. Coe , Gregory S. Schell , Florida Legal Services, Inc., Lake Worth, FL, D. Michael Dale , Northwest Workers' Justice Project, Portland, OR, Arthur N. Read , Friends of Farmworkers, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, Meredith B. Stewart , Southern Poverty Law Center, New Orleans, LA, Edward J. Tuddenham , (argued), New York, NY, Attorneys for Appellants.

Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Glenn M. Girdharry , Senior Litigation Counsel, Geoffrey Forney , (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: FUENTES, GREENBERG, and COWEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal is concerned with the ripeness doctrine, a constitutional mandate derived from Article III's requirement that federal courts hear only cases or controversies. U.S. Const., Art. III, § 2. The doctrine assists courts in avoiding the need to address...

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