Legal Opinion
United States v. Demko
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 5, 1966No. 76PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The respondent Demko, a federal prisoner, was seriously injured in 1962 in the performance of an assigned prison task in a federal penitentiary. Shortly afterward he filed a claim for compensation benefits under 18 U. S. C. § 4126. That law, first enacted by Congress in 1934, authorized the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., a federal corporation, to use its funds “in paying, under rules and regulations promulgated by the Attorney General, compensation ... to inmates or their dependents *150for injuries suffered in any industry.” 1 Under that law and regulations promulgated under it, respondent was…
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