Legal Opinion

John E. Holliman v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1988No. 87-1202PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

John E. Holliman petitions for review of a decision of the Benefits Review Board (Board) which reversed an administrative law judge’s (AU) award of reinstatement with back pay under section 49 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act), 33 U.S.C.A. § 948a (West 1986). We affirm.

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Holliman was employed by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company from 1972 to 1983 under a union contract which provided that “[cjontinuous service and the employment relationship shall be automatically terminated when an employee ... is absent without leave for five…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Francis v. Geddes, Jr. v. Benefits Review Board United States Department of Labor, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  2. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and Garland R. HessCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
  3. Calvin Dickens v. Tidewater Stevedoring CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. LaCour v. Lankford Co., Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
  2. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation v. Robert T. NanceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
  3. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation v. Robert T. NanceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
  4. Patrick Lacour v. Lankford Company, Incorporated, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009
  5. Patrick Lacour v. Lankford Company, Incorporated, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2009

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