Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Marine Terminals Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1982No. Nos. 80-7220, 80-7241PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
The claimant, Earl Perkins, and the Director of the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (“Director”) petition for review of an order of the Benefits Review Board (“Board”) that vacated a compensation award by an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA” or “Act”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq., and remanded to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We conclude that the Board erred in characterizing the question of maritime situs as jurisdictional, and in overturning the ALJ’s determination that…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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