Legal Opinion
Lewis Gibas v. Saginaw Mining Company Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs and Benefits Review Board
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1984No. 83-3408PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The question presented is whether the Benefits Review Board, an administrative tribunal within the Department of Labor, is vested with the adjudicatory authority to declare invalid a regulation of the Secretary of Labor. Additionally, we are asked to determine whether, if the Board has such power, that power was properly exercised in this case.
Lewis Gibas, a fifty-nine-year-old coal miner, petitions for review of a final decision by the Benefits Review Board, United States Department of Labor, denying him benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30…
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