Bennett v. Donovan

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners seek review of decisions by the Assistant Secretary of Labor denying them the weekly layoff benefits that are available to displaced lumber industry workers under Title II of the Redwood National Park Expansion Act (Redwood Act), Pub.L. No. 95-250, 92 Stat. 163 (1978).1 We hold that the petitioners are eligible for the benefits and reverse the Assistant Secretary’s decisions. In doing so, we reject his conclusion that petitioners’ employer was not engaged in “wood processing operations.”

Prior to the expansion of Redwood National Park, the five individual…