Legal Opinion

In Re International Chemical Workers Union

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 20, 1992No. 89-1357PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

2Per curiam

I

Six years ago, petitioners International Chemical Workers Union and Public Citizen Litigation Group filed a rulemaking petition with OSHA requesting it to issue immediately an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) under section 6(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 655(c) (1988), for occupational exposure to cadmium. See Petition (dated June 18, 1986). Petitioners asserted that

[i]n light of the new human evidence on lung cancer, it is clear that the present OSHA standard is grossly inadequate,…

3Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re Barr Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
  2. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Mimi Cutler, Stephen D. Annand and National Council of Senior Citizens v. Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
  4. Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Thorne G. Auchter, Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
  5. National Congress of Hispanic American Citizens (El Congreso) v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979

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4Cited by65 opinions

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  2. Defenders of Wildlife v. BrownerDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1995
  3. In Re United Mine Workers of America International UnionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
  4. A Community Voice v. U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
  5. In Re American RiversCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2004

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