Brief for Respondent — Trbovich v. Mine Workers

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Gn the Supreme Gourt of the- Wnited States

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ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF

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BRIEF FOR THE SECRETARY OF LABOR

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ERWIN N. GRISWOLD, ,

, Solicitor General,

L. PATRICK GRAY III,

Assistant Attorney General,

_ HARRY R. SACHSE,

Assistant to the Solicitor General,

WALTER H. FLEISCHER, , -

‘RAYMOND D. BATTOCCHI, ~ .

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Department of Jus

| Washington, D.C. 20530.

RICHARD F. SCHUBERT, (\

Solicitor,

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Associate Solicitor, a

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Attorney, : 8

Department of Labor, .

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Opinions below-__-_-_----------88

Jurisdiction. ------e

4, Decisions ghd orders below. eee :

Summary of argument_____________ me eee aise

Argument:

I. The statutory scheme of the Act and this .

Court’s decisions interpreting it are

inconsistent with petitioner’s claimed

right of intervention, <relememmere

II. The legislative history of the Act is

inconsistent with petitioner’s claimed

right of intervention jcmpmeese

III. The Secretary’s consistent inte rpretation

of the’statute should be followed unless

there are compelling indications that

it is Wrong__---_---

IV. Federal Rule 24 does not puters peti-

tioner’s intervention..____. _____.__

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CITATIONS

Cases:

Acuff v. United Papermakers and Paper-

workers, 404 1°. 2d 169, certiorari denied, Page

394 US. 987____ 33

Alleghany Corporation v. Kirby, 344 F. 2d a7 1,

certiorari granted, sub. nom. Holt v. -\lle-

gheny Corp., 381 U.S. 933, certiorari dis-

missed, 884 U.S. 28.088 33

Biodensien v. Boyle, 329 I. app. 1089____- 8, 35

Cathoon v. Harvey, 379 U.S. 134. ___.- 10, 15, 18, 32

Cascade Natural Gas Corp. v. El Paso Natural

Gas Co., 386 U.S. 129.02 37

Hodgson vy. Local 67 99, United Steel W orkers of

-lmerica, 403 U.S. 3338_--. 19

International Union, UAW y. Scofield, 382

U.S. 205__.- 22 12, 19, 20

Eupion Mfg. Co. v. United States, 388 U.S.

BO gc et en op es i nk 37

Martin v. Kalvar Corp., 441 F.2d 552... = _-

Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Commu-

‘ necations Commission, 395 U.S. 367_____- 31

Shultz v.- United Steelworkers of -[merica,

‘District 15, 312 F. Supp. 1044___. 21,22

Shultz v. United Steelworkers of Ameriéa,

District 19, 318 F. Supp. 549... 21, 22

Sibbach v. Wilson & Co., 312 U.S. 1228. 32

Spangler v. Pasadena City Board of Education,

427. F. 2d 1352, certiorari denied sub nom.

Alexander v. Pasadena City Board of Educa-

tion, 402 U.S. 948... 38

Stadin Vv. Union E lectric Company, 309 I. 2d

6 ne ee A 33

Stein v. Wirtz, 366 F. 2d ISS, certiorari

denied, 386 U.S. 996.---- 6-8 21, 22

Udall v. Tallman, 380 U.S. 122 31

Ill

Cases—Continuied

United States v. Atlantic Richfield Company,

90 F.R.D. 369, affirmed sub nom. Bartlett,

etal. v. United States, 401 US. 986__-2

United States v. Automobile Manufacturers

_ -lss’n, 307 FE, Supp. 617, affirmed sub nom.

City of New York vy. United States, et al.,

397 U.S. 248

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United States v. Harper & Row Publishers, .

Ine. (N.D. IIL, E.D., November 27, 1967),

affirmed -sub nom ( ‘ity of New York y.

United States, 390 US. 715__ eee eee

Cnited States y. Purdmouni Pictures, Lune.

(S.D.N.Y. Eq. No. 87-273, March 22, 1971.

affirmed sub nom. Syufy Enterprises, Inc. v.

United States, No. 70-329, decided October

12, 1971-27 eet

sub nom. Clark Walter and Sons, Inc. "vy.

United States, 392 U.S.659.....

Wirtz v. Hotel, Motel and Club Employees

Wnton, Local 6,391 U.S.492, 00

Wordz v. Local Union No. 12, etc., Operating

Engineers, 66 LRR\M 2080; 56 L.C. § 12,153

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Wirtz v. Local Union No. 125, Laborers’ Inter- .

national Union, 389 U.S. 477...

Wertz v. Local 153, Glass Bottle Blowers lssn.,

389 U.S. 462... ere 14, 18,

19, 34

IV

_ Cases—Continued .

Wirtz v. Local Union No. 1377, 288 F. Supp. page

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Yablonski v. United Mine Workers ‘(D.D.C.)-

Civ. No. 3436-69. ___. 1]

Statutes and rules: _ =

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure

Act of 1959, 73 Stat. 519, 29 U.S.C. 401

et seq.:

7 Section 101(a)(1), 29 U.S.C: 411(a)(1)- 14

Section 102, 29 U.S.C. 412_.___ [5,35

Section 201, 29 U.S.C. 431___________ 10

Section 206, 29 U.S.C. 486.022.2228. 38

' Section 208, 29 U.S.C. 488_______ 8 15

Section 210, 29 U.S.C. 440__ 22 15,26

Section 401, 29 U.S.C. 481-020 15

Section 401(¢), 29 U.S.C. 481 (0) 2-8 15, 23

. Section 402, 29 U.S.C. 482. ___- 2, 16, 25, 22,86

Section 402(a), 29 U.S.C. 482(a)_- 2 8 16, 36 —

Section 402(b), 29 U.S.C. 482(b)_-- | 16

Section 403, 29 U.S.C. 483.02 2-8. _-. 2,16, 2s

Section 403(a), 29 U.S.C. 483(a)_____ — 39

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:

Rule 23(1)(e)_ ee. 3s

tule 24.02 2. oe Id, 32

| Rule 24(a)_---- ee a 13, 32.

Miscellaneous: ; =

104 Cong. Ree. 7953. eee eee - 23

104 Cong. Rec. 10947* 23,25

104 Cong. Rec. 10999. ee = 26

104 Cong. Rec. 11487____-- ee = at

104 Cong. Ree. 1I8288______ ee 26

105 Cong. Rec. 6745. ------- e289

105 Cong. Rec. IS116___-- ee —— 30

Summers, Judiical Reguiation of Union.

Elections, 70 Yale L.J. 1222.-- 1-2 23

Committee on Education and Labor, 86th Page

Cong., Ist Sess. 88 30

Hearings Before the Subeommittee on Labor

of the Senate Committee on Libor end

Public Welfare, 86th Cong., Ist Session. ___ 28, 39

H.R. 840000022 30

H. Rep. No. 1147, 86th Cong., 2d Sess 30

105 Cong. Ree. 17919.) 30

_ 105 Cong. Rec. 18153.- 30

8.505020 27, 28, 29

S. 7482000 es a ne ee 27, 28°

S. ee or ae 29

8.87510 23, 24

S. 3974.0 24, 26

S.. Rep. No. 1684, 85th Cong. 2d Sess _ _ 24

S. Rep. No. 187, 86th Cong., Ist Sess. 29

D.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971