Legal Opinion
Francis Daniel Paluca v. Secretary of Labor, Francis Daniel Paluca v. Secretary of Labor
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 12, 1987No. 86-1548, 86-1549PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
We are required to determine the scope of judicial review under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (“FECA”). 5 U.S.C. §§ 8101 et seq. Specifically, we must consider whether Section 8128(b) of the FECA 1 prohibits courts from reviewing policy or rulemaking decisions of the Secretary of Labor (“Secretary”) for conformance to the FECA, and whether that provision divests courts of authority to hear constitutional challenges to the Secretary’s decisions under the FECA. We conclude that § 8128(b) does preclude judicial review of the merits of policy or rulemaking…
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