Legal Opinion
Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Donovan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 18, 1960No. 18039PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
The question here is whether there is a legal means of requiring the Deputy Commissioner to proceed to decision in a matter properly before him under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.
It is of vast importance as parties related to maritime injuries to a non-seafaring amphibious worker attempt to answer the riddle which Jensen1 conjured up.
Self-help is unavailing for with the traditional prohibition in Workmen’s Compensation Acts, both state and this federal one, against contractual waivers or releases there is no end…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Deering Milliken, Inc., a Corporation v. Reed Johnston, as Regional Director of the National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. HardinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Environmental Defense Fund, Incorporated v. HardinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Intercounty Constraction Corp. v. WalterSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States of America, United States of America, State of Louisiana, Intervenor-Appellee v. Marine Shale Processors, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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