Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
757 F.2d 1078 · 1985
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 30 U.S.C. § 932
Relies on Leary v. United States · Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · Tot v. United States · United States v. Gainey
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Establishing interim presumption. A miner who engaged in coal mine employment for at least 10 years will be presumed to be totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis . . . arising out of that employment, if . (2) Ventilatory studies establish the presence of a chronic respiratory or pulmonary disease ... as demonstrated by values which are equal to or less than the values specified in the following table: Equal to or less than— FEVj MW 2.3 92 67" or less 2.4 96 68" 2.4 96 69" 2.5 100 70" 2.6 104 71" 2.6 104 72" 2.7 108 73" or more”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidence establish[ing] that the miner does not, or did not, have pneumoconiosis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“documented opinion of a physician exercising reasoned medical judgment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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