Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor v. Bath Iron Works Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
885 F.2d 983 · 1989
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently February 2008
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
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 33 U.S.C. § 906 · 33 U.S.C. § 908 · 33 U.S.C. § 909 · 33 U.S.C. § 910 · 33 U.S.C. § 912
Relies on Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · United States v. American Trucking Associations · United States v. James · Georgia v. Wenger · Williams v. Zbaraz
Most-quoted passages
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“The statute’s language is complex, but the problem with which it tries to deal is complex as well, and we cannot find any obvious drafting mistake in the language. Faced with language that is fairly clear and a statute that makes reasonable sense when one gives the statute’s words their natural meaning, we must apply the statute as it is written.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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