Legal Opinion
Ronald L. Hall and Laura Hall v. C & P Telephone Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 23, 1987No. 84-5897PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON APPELLANTS’ PETITION FOR REHEARING
Opinion PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
In our original opinion in this case, we held that the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act of 1928 was a “local” law, even though the statute merely applies the terms of a federal statute (the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Act of 1927), which is national in scope. 793 F.2d 1354 (1986). We concluded that we owed virtually the same deference to the D.C. Court of Appeals’ construction of the 1928 D.C. Compensation Act as we would accord a decision of the highest court of a State interpreting state law.
Hall now seeks…
3Cases cited7 opinions
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- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Central Labor CouncilDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Louis W. Martin and Mary L. Martin v. Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Garrett v. Washington Air Compressor Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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