Legal Opinion
Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1991No. 89-1714PublishedCited by 506 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
The black lung benefits program, created by Congress, was to be administered first by the Social Security Administration (SSA) under the auspices of the then-existent Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), and later by the Department of Labor (DOL). Congress authorized these Departments, during their respective tenures, to adopt interim regulations governing the adjudication of claims for black lung benefits, but constrained the Secretary of Labor by providing that the DOL regulations “shall not be more restrictive than” HEW’s. This litigation calls upon us to determine whether…
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