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TAYLOR v. DIRECTOR, OWCP

No. 91-2223.

967 F.2d 961 (1992)

Irene TAYLOR, Petitioner, v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of LABOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Daniel Forman, Forman, Kanner & Crane, Charleston, W.Va., argued (Benita Whitman, Crandall & Pyles, on brief), for petitioner.

C. William Mangum, Office of the Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., argued (Marshall J. Breger, Sol. of Labor, Donald S. Shire, Associate Sol., and Barbara J. Johnson, Counsel for Appellate Litigation, on brief), for respondent.

Before PHILLIPS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and MURRAY, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

The Black Lung Benefits Act of 1969, as amended, provides for the payment of benefits to qualifying miners and their dependents. See 30 U.S.C. § 922 (1988). As defined in the Act and its implementing regulations, the term "dependent" includes a divorced spouse who receives at least one-half of his or her support from the miner. See 30 U.S.C. § 902(a); 20 C...

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