Curtis W. Holt v. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge, with whom HOFFMAN, District Judge, joins,

concurring:

I concur in the opinion of the court solely because the previous decision of this court in Demarinis v. Donovan, 728 F.2d 1266 (9th Cir.1984), compels this result. Were this a case of first impression, I would readily adopt the analysis employed by Judge Farris in his dissent in Demarinis. Id. at 1267-69. Because the Redwood Act was intended to benefit persons “thrown out of work” as a result of the park’s expansion, 124 Cong.Rec. 7799 (March 21,1978), it is illogical to equate the term “layoff” with the term…