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REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. v. U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR

No. 77-1649.

590 F.2d 77 (1978)

REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs and Helen Hromyak, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph A. Davies, Linton L. Moyer, Edward A. McFarland, Thomson, Rhodes & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner.

Kenneth J. Yablonski, J. Scott Leckie, United Mine Workers of America, District 5, Compensation Dept., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Helen Hromyak.

Carin Ann Clauss, Sol. of Labor, Laurie M. Streeter, Associate Sol., Judith E. Wolf, Co-Counsel for Black Lung Benefits.

John S. Lopatto, III, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for Director Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Before GIBBONS and WEIS, Circuit Judges and DUMBAULD, District Judge.

ON PETITION FOR ALLOWANCE OF ATTORNEY FEES

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

After petitioner was awarded benefits by the Benefits Review Board under the Black Lung Benefits Act for the death of her husband, decedent's employer, Republic Steel Corporation, filed a petition to set aside the order. We affirmed the action of the Board, but because the 1977 amendments to the Act relieved mine operators such as Republic Steel from the obligation...

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