HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT v. ACOSTA

No. 17-5202.

901 F.3d 378 (2018)

HISPANIC AFFAIRS PROJECT, et al., Appellants v. R. Alexander ACOSTA, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of Labor, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dermot Lynch , argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was William W. Taylor, III , Washington, DC.

Heather Sokolower , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief was Erez Reuveni , Assistant Director.

Christopher J. Schulte , Tampa, FL, was on the brief for intervenors aligned with defendants-appellees, Western Range Association and Mountain Plains Agricultural Service.

Before: Garland, Chief Judge, and Srinivasan and Millett, Circuit Judges.


For all the pastoral images it may invoke, tending to a flock is no easy task. Livestock herders often spend months at a time living in makeshift campsites on a remote range, on call twenty-four hours a day to protect the herd. Given the spartan and isolated working conditions, the sheep and goat industries have become almost...

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