Fairbanks v. Bureau of Labor and Industries

The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review a decision by the Oregon/ Southwest Washington/Northwest California Metal Trades Pipefitters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (local committee), which canceled an apprenticeship agreement with an apprentice pipefitter. Specifically, the question is whether the decision by the local committee, which canceled the agreement, was a “final order” subject to the “contested case” procedures of the Oregon Administrative Procedures Act (APA). If so, the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review that final…