Donovan, Secretary of Labor, et al. v. Richland County Association for Retarded Citizens (454 U.S. 389)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 11, 1982 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 454 U.S. 389 · 102 S. Ct. 713
- Decided
- January 11, 1982
- Term
- October Term 1981
- Vote
- 9–0
- Issue area
- Unions
- Disposition
- Vacated
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
Per Curiam. Appellee brought this action against officials of the United States Department of Labor seeking a declaratory judgment that the Fair Labor Standards Act does not apply to employees of the Sidney Group Home, a mental health facility operated by appellee. In the alternative, appellee sought a declaration that an application of the Act to the Home would be unconstitutional. The United States District Court for the District of Montana held that “[t]he Fair Labor Standards Act is unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiff Association in its operation of the Sidney Group Home.” App. to Juris. Statement 26a. The federal officials appealed this decision to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed. Id., at la. The Government has now filed an appeal from that decision of the Court of Appeals. Pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 1252, appellants could have filed a direct appeal to this Court from the decision of the District Court. This right to pursue a direct appeal to this Court also served to deprive the Court of Appeals of jurisdiction, however, for 28 U. S. C. § 1291 provides that “[t]he courts of appeals shall have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States . . . except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court.” Since the Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction in this case, its judgment and opinion must be vacated. In…
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