SAMPLE v. JOHNSON

Nos. 84-4134, 84-4240.

771 F.2d 1335 (1985)

William SAMPLE and Karen Sample, husband and wife, and James Shelton, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Reginald JOHNSON, Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Worker Compensation Program for District 14, et al., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1985.

As Amended October 22 and October 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Stafne, Stewart Jay, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants/cross-appellees.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Gene S. Anderson, U.S. Atty., John F. Cordes, Mark W. Pennak, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees/cross-appellants.

Richard M. Slagle, Williams, Lanza, Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, Wash., for Seattle Stevedore Co., etc.

Before: PREGERSON and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges and SCHNACKE, District Judge.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

William Sample and James Shelton are longshoremen who seek to overturn the judgment of the district court that the government may take up to six months to conduct Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA)1 claim hearings and that § 919(c)2 does not compel the government to reject an LHCWA claim or make an award within 20 days after notice if no hearing is held...

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