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STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY v. HOLLIS

No. 71-1376.

460 F.2d 1108 (1972)

STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Lee H. HOLLIS, Deputy Commissioner, and Moses Lewis, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Ravkind, Houston, Tex., for Lewis.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Leavenworth Colby, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Jack Shepherd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Patricia Baptiste, Appellate Section, Morton Hollander, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Hollis.

E. D. Vickery, David B. Connery, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

We are faced on this appeal with a difficult and novel question concerning the administration of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Title 33, U.S.Code, Chapter 18. The district court, 323 F.Supp. 1122 (S.D.Tex.1970), held that a formal compensation order issued in 1970 by the Department of Labor Deputy Commissioner, appellant Lee H. Hollis, in favor of claimant-appellant Moses Lewis...

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