Court Opinion

ID: 9471298
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:28:39.598977+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:42:20.594501
License: Public Domain

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I concur in the result.
I agree with Part II that the order appealed from is reviewable.
I disagree with and dissent from the conclusion of Part III A that the union in this case may challenge the citation on grounds other than the reasonable length of the abatement. The Second Circuit’s reasoning in Donovan v. OSHRC, 713 F.2d 918 (2d Cir.1983) is sounder, more persuasive and truer to the statutory scheme than the majority opinion here. Furthermore, it is wholly unnecessary to discuss or reach the issue here since it is not determinative of the outcome of the case. Whether, therefore, Part III A is dicta is a matter over which parties and courts may later argue.
Finally, I agree with the result reached in Part III B but not in its belief that the more plausible view of the issue there presented is that a union may seek review of the terms of a settlement agreement notwithstanding the employer’s withdrawal of the notice of contest.