Ashcom v. Donovan

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Employees of Wayne Bare Trucking Company appeal from the Secretary of Labor’s determination that they do not qualify for benefits under the Redwood National Park Expansion Act, Pub.L.No. 95-250, 92 Stat. 163 (1978).** The Act increased the size of the Park and provided economic assistance to employees displaced by the expansion. Lanning v. Marshall, 650 F.2d 1055, 1056 (9th Cir. 1981). However, not every employee suffering loss is entitled to benefits.

One prerequisite is that his employer must have been affected by the expansion. The Act specifies three types of qualifying…