Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp. v. Britton

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

This case arose upon a complaint seeking judicial review of administrative action under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act1, as made applicable to the District of Columbia by the Act of May 17, 1928.2 Appellant was an employer qualified as an insurer under the Act. Claimant was its employee. Claimant was injured and made claim for compensation. After hearing, the Deputy-Commissioner for the District of Columbia, United States Employees Compensa*18tion Commission, made an award in claimant’s favor. The employer brought suit for injunction3, the…