Task: songer_counsel2

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
Your task is to determine the nature of the counsel for the respondent. If name of attorney was given with no other indication of affiliation, assume it is private - unless a government agency was the party

PER CURIAM.
In the report of the special master filed in this case, exceptions were filed by both parties, and, on hearing before the court, all the exceptions were dismissed and the report confirmed. From the judgment and decree so entered, both parties appealed. After full consideration of the cases, we are of opinion that both appeals should be dismissed; the appellant in each case to pay the costs of such appeal. .
In the appeal of John Cumming, Jr., he is directed to pay the costs accruing before the master in his reclamation proceedings and counsel fees in the sum of $-. Subject to this modification, the judgment and decree of the court below is affirmed. In case the parties do not, before the mandate goes down, agree on the amount of such fee, then and in that event the fixation of the fee will be made by the court below.

Question: What is the nature of the counsel for the respondent?
A. none (pro se)
B. court appointed
C. legal aid or public defender
D. private
E. government - US
F. government - state or local
G. interest group, union, professional group
H. other or not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D