Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

The Court in this case and the dissent in the Court of Appeals argue rather persuasively (but, for me, not convincingly) that, although they reach an incongruous result, see *285ante, at 282-284, the statute is to be construed in favor of that incongruity and of the anomalies that concededly exist. It is said that this is so because Congress just wrote the statute that way. Now that the Court has so ruled, the Congress fortunately can remedy the anomalous situation if only it will go about doing it.

That, of course, is of no help or comfort to respondent Cross, the particular litigant here, who…