Legal Opinion
Rita J. Mitchell v. Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 1994No. 93-1923PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Coal miner Charles Mitchell applied for black lung benefits on June 26, 1980, shortly before his death in August of that year. Petitioner Rita Mitchell, his widow, timely filed a claim for survivor’s benefits. That consolidated claim has been before the Department of Labor and the courts ever since. Mrs. Mitchell now appeals the ruling of the Benefits Review Board (“the Board”) affirming the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“the ALJ”) denying benefits on the basis that the statutory presumption was not invoked. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Sue A. MEREDITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Frank Wetherill v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Old Ben Coal Company v. Mary E. Prewitt, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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- Lois Blakley, Widow of Morris Blakley v. Amax Coal Company, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Old Ben Coal Company v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and Lowell MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Consolidation Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- Freeman United Coal Mining Company v. Diana M. Hunter, Benefits Review BoardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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