Case Name: Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUFFINES STEEL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1981-05-15
Citations: 645 F.2d 288
Docket Number: No. 80-1017
Parties: Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUFFINES STEEL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 645
Pages: 288–291

Head Matter:
Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUFFINES STEEL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 80-1017.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A
May 15, 1981.
Charles I. Hadden, Benjamin W. Mintz, U. S. Dept, of Labor, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.
McCarty & Wilson, Robert E. Rader, Jr., Ennis, Tex., for defendant-appellee.
Before RUBIN and GARZA, Circuit Judges, and SUTTLE , District Judge:
District Judge of the Western District of Texas, sitting by designation.
. The government’s brief indicates that 30 OSHA warrant cases decided by or pending in the courts of appeals involve inspection warrants obtained in ex parte proceedings before the Supreme Court’s decision in Marshall v. Barlow’s, Inc., 436 U.S. 307, 98 S.Ct. 1816, 56 L.Ed.2d 305 (1978). The district judge also recognized that OSHA sought ex parte search warrants before the decision in Barlow’s.

Opinion:
GARZA, Circuit Judge:
We affirm the decision of the District Court based on its opinion of November 27, 1979, reported at 488 F.Supp. 995.
AFFIRMED.