Legal Opinion

William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 18, 1986No. 85-5969PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Under the District of Columbia’s workers’ compensation regime, all employers (or their compensation carriers) contribute to a Special Fund from which the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) makes a variety of payments to injured workers. See 33 U.S.C. § 944. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), in 1983, stopped contributing to the Fund. WMATA asserted that its tax exempt status immunized it from the obligation to make Fund payments. The Secretary sued WMATA to collect arrearages; on cross-motions…

2Cases cited16 opinions

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
Edye v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'KeefeSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
Collector v. DaySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
Massachusetts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by26 opinions

In Re Suburban Motor Freight, Inc., Debtor. Stephen K. Yoder, Trustee v. Ohio Bureau of Workers' CompensationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
In Re Metro Transportation Co.United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1990
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Public Utility Commission of the State of Oregon State of OregonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
Bechtel Associates, P.C. And Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Sally T. Sweeney and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, DolCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Webster County Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995

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