No. 19-1448

Excel Modular Scaffold & Leasing Company, dba Excel Scaffold & Leasing v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-law affirmative-defense civil-procedure due-process impossibility-doctrine judicial-review occupational-safety osha regulatory-compliance standard-of-review waiver
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) err in ruling that Excel Modular Scaffold & Leasing Company d/b/a Excel Scaffold & Leasing Excel ("Excel") abandoned or waived its affirmative defense based upon the impossibility or infeasibility of compliance with the standard set forth in 29 C.F.R 1926.106(d)?"

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED L Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) err in ruling that Excel Modular Scaffold & Leasing Company d/b/a Excel Scaffold & Leasing Excel (“Excel”) abandoned or waived its affirmative defense based upon the impossibility or infeasibility of compliance with the standard set forth in 29 C.F.R 1926.106(d)? Il. Did the Fifth Circuit and the ALJ err in ruling, in the alternative, that even if Excel did not abandon its affirmative defense of impossibility or infeasibility of compliance, such defense failed on the merits? il

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-23
Waiver of right of respondent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. to respond filed.
2020-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 31, 2020)

Attorneys

Excel Modular Scaffold & Leasing Company d/b/a Excel Scaffold & Leasing
Richard Anthony SheehySheehy, Ware & Pappas, Petitioner
Richard Anthony SheehySheehy, Ware & Pappas, Petitioner
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, et al.
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent