ALLSTATES REFRACTORY CONTRACTORS, LLC v. SU

No. 22-3772.

79 F.4th 755 (2023)

ALLSTATES REFRACTORY CONTRACTORS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Julie A. SU, in her official capacity as Acting Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor; Douglas L. Parker, in his official capacity as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health; Occupational Safety & Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 23, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Brett A. Shumate , JONES DAY, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Courtney L. Dixon , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Brett A. Shumate , John M. Gore , Anthony J. Dick , Brinton Lucas , JONES DAY, Washington, D.C., Christopher M. McLaughlin , JONES DAY, Cleveland, Ohio, J. Benjamin Aguiñaga , JONES DAY, Dallas, Texas, for Appellant. Courtney L. Dixon , Alisa B. Klein , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Michael Pepson , AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION, Arlington, Virginia, Timothy S. Bishop , Brett E. Legner , MAYER BROWN LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Jeffrey D. Jennings , LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER, Chicago, Illinois, Sheng Li , NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE, Washington, D.C., David C. Tryon , THE BUCKEYE INSTITUTE, Columbus, Ohio, Oliver J. Dunford , PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Luke A. Wake , PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION, Sacramento, California, Nicolas A. Sansone , Allison M. Zieve , PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, Washington, D.C., Pamela M. Newport , BRANSTETTER, STRANCH & JENNINGS, PLLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, Brianne J. Gorod , CONSTITUTIONAL ACCONTABILITY CENTER, Washington, D.C., Ben Seel , DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION, Washington, D.C., Alex Hemmer , OFFICE OF THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, Chicago, Illinois, Sean H. Donahue , DONAHUE & GOLDBERG, LLP, Washington, D.C., Ian Fein , NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, San Francisco, California, Sanjay Narayan , SIERRA CLUB ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAM, Oakland, California, Craig Becker , AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., Randy Rabinowitz , OSH LAW PROJECT, LLC, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined. NALBANDIAN, J. (pp. 769-90, delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

More than fifty years ago, Congress passed, and President Nixon signed into law, the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. Throughout the next half century, challenges to the constitutionality of the Act have been uniformly rejected. See Nat'l Mar. Safety Ass'n...

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