Legal Opinion
Old Ben Coal Company v. Mary E. Prewitt, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1985No. 83-3070PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Old Ben Coal Company asks us to set aside an order of the Benefits Review Board of the Department of Labor, directing the company to pay benefits to Mary Prewitt, the widow of a coal miner, under the Black Lung Benefits Act, which is Title IV of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, as amended, 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-960. An administrative law judge denied benefits, but his decision was reversed by the Board as unsupported by substantial evidence; and the first question we must consider concerns our standard of judicial review when the Board has reversed the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kalaris v. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Peabody Coal Co. v. Benefits Review BoardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Consolidation Coal Company v. Louis Chubb, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Wilson v. Benefits Review BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Bumble Bee Seafoods v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Sahara Coal Company v. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor and Floyd McNewCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Frank Wetherill v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Kertesz v. Crescent Hills Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Old Ben Coal Company v. Elmer H. Luker and the Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, and United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Dale M., by His Mother and Next Friend, Alice M. v. Board of Education of Bradley-Bourbonnais High School District No. 307Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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