Legal Opinion

Brennan v. Southern Contractors Service

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 12, 1974No. 73-2682PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 660(b),1 the Secretary of Labor appeals from a final order of the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (the Commission) which found that regulation 29 C.F.R. 1926.105(a) (1973), under which Southern Contractors Service Company (Southern) had been charged with a serious violation, was inapplicable to the facts alleged in the complaint. This regulation provides as follows:

“(a) Safety nets shall be provided when workplaces are moré than 25 feet above the ground or water surface, or other surfaces where the use of ladders, scaffolds, catch…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. United States v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and J. W. Bounds (Pearl Steel Erection Company)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. Roy Bryant Cattle Co., Inc. v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Budd Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  2. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Hanovia Lamp Division, Canred Precision IndustriesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  3. William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor v. The L.E. Myers Company, High Voltage Division, and Occupational Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
  4. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Underhill Construction Corporation, Underhill Construction Corp. And Dic Concrete Corp., Individually and as Participants in a Joint Venture Known as Dic-Underhill, a Joint Venture v. Peter J. Brennan and Occupational Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  5. Brock v. L.R. Willson & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985

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