Seventh Circuit Holds that OSHA Applies to Menominee Tribal Enterprises

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The case is Menominee Tribal Enterprises v. Solis (7th Cir.) (Posner, J.). Here are the materials:

Seventh Circuit Opinion re OSHA

Menominee Brief

DOL Brief

Menominee Reply Brief

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  2. OSHA 10 and 30 April 8, 2010 / 1:41 pm

    The Menominee Indian tribe owns a sawmill on its reservation in Wisconsin. The Department of Labor cited the tribe (technically the tribal entity that operates the sawmill, but it has no substantial existence apart from the tribe) for violations of OSHA, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq., rejecting the tribe’s contention, renewed in this petition to review the Department’s decision, that it is exempt.

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