Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Drummond Coal Co.’s Empirical Analysis
831 F.2d 240 · 1987
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Eifler v. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (1991), Ardestani v. United States Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalizatin Service (1990)
23 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 30 U.S.C. § 932 · 30 U.S.C. § 945 · 33 U.S.C. § 919 · 33 U.S.C. § 921 · 33 U.S.C. § 922 · 33 U.S.C. § 939
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Bonner v. City of Prichard · United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc. · American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson · Young v. Community Nutrition Institute
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“). 30 U.S.C. Sec. 932(a). Section 19 of the Longshore Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 919, prescribes the basic claims procedure: claims are filed with a deputy commissioner who notifies all interested parties, investigates the claim, and orders a hearing at the request of any interested party. 33 U.S.C. Secs. 919(a)-919(c). Hearings are then held before an administrative law judge (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because of a mistake in a determination of fact by the deputy commissioner.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress provided that liability for claims denied before March 1, 1978 which were thereafter approved under the liberalized eligibility criteria should be transferred from coal operators to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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