Amax Coal Company v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and Rosemary Oxendine’s Empirical Analysis
892 F.2d 578 · 1989
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Buckley v. Valeo · Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · Houston v. Lack · Thompson v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry Meat Packers, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“derive[d] from the analogous decisions in Harris Lines and Thompson where the Supreme Court recognized an equitable exception to the requirement that notices of appeal be filed on time--when counsel relies on the trial court's assurance that the time to file the notice of appeal has been extended, either by its discretionary power to do so under FRCP 59(a) or by erroneously attempting to extend the time for filing post-trial motions which toll the time for filing notice of appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that the documentary evidence ... is incomplete as to any issue which must be adjudicated may, in his or her discretion, ... allow the parties a reasonable time to obtain and submit any such evidence, before the termination of the hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is determined by the administrative law judge that the documentary evidence ... is incomplete as to any issue which must be adjudicated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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