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:
Teamsters Local 639 appeals the judgment of the district court holding the union liable to Allen Sapp for damages arising from a secondary boycott. Sapp, a trucker, worked for both the prime employer and a secondary employer who was a subcontractor of the prime employer. The union does not now contest the illegality of its conduct. It concedes, moreover, on the basis of evidence contained in this record, that Sapp is entitled to assert a claim under section 303(b) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 187(b), for damages attributable to the cessation of his business with the prime employer. It contends, however, that the loss caused by the cessation of his business with the subcontractor was incidental to the union’s activities and, therefore, too remote for him to recover damages under section 303(b).
We affirm the district court’s ruling that section 303(b) affords Sapp a remedy even though he was employed by a subcontractor of the prime employer. The evidence disclosed that one of the objects of the union’s activities was to replace Sapp with a trucker who employed union members. Thus, his loss was not simply an incidental consequence of the union’s illegal secondary boycott. W. J. Milner & Co. v. Local 349, IBEW, 476 F.2d 8 (5th Cir. 1973). But see United Mine Workers v. Osborne Mining Co., 279 F.2d 716, 729 (6th Cir. 1960) (dictum).
The union also complains that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the amount of damages which the district court awarded. It charges that the union was not responsible for part of the time that Sapp was absent from the job. It also contends that the amount of damages was conjectural because Sapp, having failed to properly list his exhibits as required by the pre-trial order, was unable to introduce records to corroborate his testimony.
We uphold the award of damages for the entire period that Sapp was off the job because the district court could properly find from the evidence that his lack of work was caused by the union’s activities. We furthermore find that Sapp’s loss could be ascertained from his testimony even though he did not introduce his account books. Since his records had been made available to the union, it could have used them to cross-examine Sapp about any discrepancies in his testimony.
Affirmed.
. Section 303(b) provides: “Whoever shall be injured in his business or property by reason [of any illegal boycott] may sue therefor in any district court . . . and shall recover the damages by him sustained . . . ”

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: B