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INTERCOUNTY CONSTRUCTION CORP. v. WALTER

No. 74-362.

422 U.S. 1 (1975)

INTERCOUNTY CONSTRUCTION CORP. ET AL. v. WALTER, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Duncan III argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Frank H. Easterbrook argued the cause for respondent Walter pro hac vice. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork and Marshall H. Harris. Jefferson de R. Capps filed a brief for respondent Jones.

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 13 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1432, 33 U. S. C. § 913, provided: "The right to compensation for disability under this chapter shall be barred unless a claim therefor is filed within one year after the injury." We must decide in this case whether § 22 of the same Act, as amended, 33 U. S. C. § 922, bars consideration of a claim timely filed under...

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