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COOPER STEVEDORING OF LOUISIANA, INC. v. WASHINGTON

No. 76-2849.

556 F.2d 268 (1977)

COOPER STEVEDORING OF LOUISIANA, INC. and Employers National Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. James WASHINGTON, and Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Johnson, Patrick E. O'Keefe, George W. Healy, III, New Orleans, La., for petitioners.

Edward H. Booker, New Orleans, La., William J. Kilberg, Sol., Laurie M. Streeter, Associate Sol., Mary A. Sheehan, Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Before AINSWORTH and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 21, 1977.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This case presents novel questions arising from the recent amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. It grows out of a petition for review of the decision and order of the Benefits Review Board affirming a compensation order of an administrative law judge awarding disability benefits to James Washington, a longshoreman...

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