Legal Opinion
U. S. Industries/Federal Sheet Metal, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 23, 1982No. 80-518PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
In the early morning of November 20, 1975, respondent Ralph Riley awoke with severe pains in his neck, shoulders, and arms, which later were attributed by physicians to an exacerbation of an arthritic condition. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that this “injury” was sufficient to invoke the “statutory presumption of compensability,”1 § 20(a) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 44 Stat. (part 2) 1436, 33 U. S. C. § 920(a), and vacated the administrative denial of disability benefits. We granted certiorari, 450 U. S. 979, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Cudahy Packing Co. Of Nebraska v. ParramoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Del Vecchio v. BowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Nogueira v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Mary R. Wheatley v. Herman Adler, Deputy Commissioner, United States Department of Labor Bureau of Employees' CompensationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Pool Company v. Otis L CooperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Lafayette v. General Dynamics Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Sprague v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
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