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I. T. O. CORP. OF BALTIMORE v. BENEFITS R. BD., ETC.

Nos. 75-1051, 75-1075, 75-1196 and 75-1088.

542 F.2d 903 (1976)

I. T. O. CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE, Employer, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Carrier, Petitioners, v. BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Respondent, William T. Adkins, Respondent, International Longshoremen's Association, Amicus Curiae. MARITIME TERMINALS, INC., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., Petitioners, v. SECRETARY OF LABOR, and Donald D. Brown, Respondents. MARITIME TERMINALS, INC., and Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., Petitioners, v. Vernie Lee HARRIS, and United States Department of Labor, Respondents. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STEVEDORES et al., Petitioners, v. BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD, U. S. DEPT. OF LABOR, Respondent, William T. Adkins, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Owen, Baltimore, Md. (Francis J. Gorman, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

John B. King, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Maritime Terminals and Aetna Cas. and Surety Co.

Donald A. Krach, Baltimore, Md. (William C. Stifler, III, Paul B. Lang, Niles, Barton & Wilmer, Baltimore, Md., Thomas D. Wilcox, Washington, D. C., on brief), for Nat. Ass'n of Stevedores.

Linda L. Carroll, Atty., Washington, D. C. (William J. Kilberg, Sol. of Labor, Marshall H. Harris, Associate Sol., George M. Lilly, Karen L. Gilbert, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., on brief), Amos I. Meyers, Baltimore, Md. (Terry Paul Meyers, Baltimore, Md., on brief), Charles S. Montagna, Norfolk, Va., for respondents.

Thomas W. Gleason, Jr., New York City (Herzl S. Eisenstadt, Richard H. Kapp, New York City, on brief), for International Longshoremen's Ass'n, AFL-CIO as amicus curiae.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER, CRAVEN, BUTZNER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges, in banc.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals present two major questions: (1) the extent of coverage of the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. (sometimes "LHWCA"), to persons engaged in the necessary steps in the overall process of loading and unloading a vessel but who, prior to the Amendments, could claim benefits for accidental injury or death, sustained in the process, only...

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