Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM.
The respondent employer was found by the National Labor Relations Board to have violated sections 8(a) (5) and (1) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 158(a) (5) and (1). It resists this petition for enforcement on the sole ground that the evidence did not warrant the findings. Respondent, in the first place, has misconstrued the comprehensive report of the trial examiner confirmed by the Board. Its statement that the Board did not “even dignify [certain] * * * testimony by a statement that it was disbelieved” is only narrowly correct. The testimony of respondent’s president to which this referred went solely to the question of motivation. The Board expressly found' that respondent’s motivation was improper. It was unnecessary for it to mention in detail all of respondent’s contrary testimony. The duty to discuss evidence is a matter of degree. Cf. Haverhill Gazette Co. v. Union Leader Corp., 1 Cir., 1964, 833 F.2d 798, 805, cert. den. 379 U.S. -, 85 S.Ct. 329. There was other testimony, which was fully discussed, amply warranting the finding against respondent.
Furthermore, if the promotion of certain of respondent’s carpenters to supervisors was in fact essentially a paper transaction not causing them to become true supervisors, the respondent’s duties to bargain depended upon the actual circumstances, not upon its motivation or good faith. Cf. International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, AFL-CIO v. NLRB, 1961, 366 U.S. 731, 81 S.Ct. 1603, 6 L.Ed.2d 762; NLRB v. Burnup & Sims, 379 U.S. 21, 85 S.Ct. 171, 13 L.Ed.2d 1. The Board has considerable discretion in determining whether an employee is a supervisor. NLRB v. Swift & Co., 1 Cir., 1961, 292 F.2d 561. We find no error in its exercise here.
A decree will be entered enforcing the order of the Board.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D