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BOLAND MARINE & MFG. CO. v. RIHNER

No. 93-5114.

41 F.3d 997 (1995)

BOLAND MARINE & MANUFACTURING CO., and Continental Insurance Co., Petitioners, v. Billy C. RIHNER, son of Paul Rihner, deceased, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Logan, IV, Cornelius, Sartin & Murphy, New Orleans, LA, for petitioner.

Joseph P. Tynan, Lea, Plavnicky & Moseley, New Orleans, LA, for Rihner.

Laura J. Stomski, Marianne D. Smith, Carol DeDeo, Assoc. Sol., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC, for Director.

Paul E. Trayers, Clerk, BRB, Washington, DC, for other interested parties.

Before KING and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges, and LAKE, District Judge.

KING, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an award of attorney's fees for proceedings conducted under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950. Below, an Administrative Law Judge determined that the Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs fostered litigation without reasonable grounds in the proceedings involving the claim of Billy C. Rihner. Therefore, the Administrative...

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