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Coupar v. U.S. Dept. of Labor, No. 95-70400 (9th Cir.) (105 F.3d 1263) (January 30, 1997) (Judge Jr. William C. Canby)

Case held that prisoners who work for the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (UNICOR) are not employees within the meaning of various Federal statutes.

This case is another example of the hypocrisy of governmental power. Here, the petitioner, a federal inmate at El Reno, Oklahoma, who worked for that monolithic organization ...

 

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