hkieffer
04-12-2004, 09:47 PM
In a lengthy and highly technical opinion issued today, the Sixth Circuit has held that the private furniture industry does not have a valid legal
claim that Unicor's expansion over the past decade or more was illegal.
http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04a0101p.06 (http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04a0101p.06)
For anyone without a PACER account, a freely accessible link to the opinion is below:
COALITION FOR GOV'T PROCUREMENT v. FED. PRISON INDUS., INC., No. 01-2231 (6th Cir. April 12, 2004)
Agency charged with managing inmate labor acted within its administrative authority in significantly expanding production of office furniture. Summary judgment was properly awarded to defendant with respect to the takings claim.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/6th/04a0101p.html (http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/6th/04a0101p.html)
claim that Unicor's expansion over the past decade or more was illegal.
http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04a0101p.06 (http://pacer.ca6.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04a0101p.06)
For anyone without a PACER account, a freely accessible link to the opinion is below:
COALITION FOR GOV'T PROCUREMENT v. FED. PRISON INDUS., INC., No. 01-2231 (6th Cir. April 12, 2004)
Agency charged with managing inmate labor acted within its administrative authority in significantly expanding production of office furniture. Summary judgment was properly awarded to defendant with respect to the takings claim.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to: http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/6th/04a0101p.html (http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/6th/04a0101p.html)