In Re Bradford

695 F.2d 409 In re the Petition of Thomas J. BRADFORD, Roger D. Cunningham, Gary M. Cooper, Dale Lloyd Ferguson, Curtis A. Petersteiner, Barbara D. Stewart, Mark Richard Telegin, Roger P. Williams, III, and Gary A. Kittelson, Petitioners, v. Honorable Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Respondent. No. 81-7836. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 13, 1982. Decided Dec. 28, 1982. William F. Ferroggiaro, Jr., Eureka, Cal., for petitioners. Margrit Vanderryn, Washington, D.C., for respondent. 1 Petition for Review of a Decision of the Secretary of Labor. 2 Before FLETCHER and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * Senior District Judge. EAST, Senior District Judge: 3 The petitioners, displaced employees of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, applied for benefits under Title II of the Redwood National Park Expansion Act of 1978, Pub.L. No. 95-250, Secs. 201-213 , 92 Stat. 163 , 172-82. Title II provides unemployment and severance pay for forest product workers displaced by expansion of the Redwood National Park. 1 The Secretary of Labor denied petitioners benefits under the Act because he found they were not…