Julian R. Woodrum, Dennis Dorsey and Sherman Johnson v. The United States

NIES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the United States Court of International Trade 1 which affirmed the Secretary of Labor’s determination that former employees of an independent new car dealership were not eligible for benefits under the worker adjustment assistance program of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2487 (1976). It was held that the firm which employed these workers (appellants here) did not “produce” articles, which is one requirement for eligibility under Section 222(3) of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(3). Further, it was held that Congress…