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.
This cause came on to be heard upon the appeal of Elliott Truck Parts, Inc., and upon the cross-appeal of the United States of America;
And having been duly considered upon the oral arguments and briefs of attorneys and upon the record in the cause, this court is of opinion that the judgment of the district court awarding plaintiff the total amount of $38,381.43 [being a modification of plaintiff’s claim mitigating damages] should be affirmed upon the basis of the opinion of United States District Judge Picard, D.C., 149 F.Supp. 52, consisting of his findings of fact and conclusions of law, dealing in detail with the issues involved.
Affirmed.

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: E