Legal Opinion
Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Co. v. Baker
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1987No. 86-3009PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns a jurisdictional issue of finality and a substantive issue of the proper application of federal black lung benefits statutes and regulations. Because we find the decision below was not final, we do not reach the substantive issue.
Some time before June 30, 1973, George Baker applied for benefits under Part B of the Black Lung Benefits Act (the “Act”).1 This claim was denied before the effective date of the Act’s 1977 amendments. On May 18, 1976, several months after he claimed to have stopped working as a coal miner, Baker filed the instant claim for…
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