Texports Stevedores Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
931 F.2d 331 · 1991
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 907 · 33 U.S.C. § 933
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · New Orleans Stevedores v. Turner · Matter of Rosawitz v. Ficks Reed Company
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the Department of Labor has been entrusted with administering the workers' compensation scheme of the LHWCA, its construction of that scheme should be given considerable weight.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zachry Company · Pool Co. v. Cooper“extend the time the tort recovery will act as a substitute for compensation payments”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the present value of all amounts thereafter payable as compensation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.