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.
Now on this day this cause coming on to be heard in open court upon arguments presented by J. A. II. Barkeij in proper person and F. B. Yoakum, Jr., of attorneys for defendants Ford Motor Company, etc., et al., and
It appearing that Barkeij heretofore on March 4, 1955, filed a “Request for Remand to lower court” and on March 22, 1955, counsel for defendant Ford Motor Company filed a motion to strike plaintiff’s document entitled “Request for Remand to lower court” and the Court being fully advised in the premises, it is hereby
Ordered that the document entitled “Request for Remand to lower court” and all supporting papers be stricken from the file.

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