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The Longshore Legal Briefs are briefs filed on behalf of the Director,
OWCP, and state his position on the issue before the court of appeals in that
case. The court of appeals� decision should be consulted in order to
determine the result reached by the court. This page is intended to provide
selected briefs on issues of special interest, and will be updated
periodically.
The Longshore Legal Brief documents are typically available in both .htm
and .pdf format. NOTE - in order to view and/or print PDF documents you must
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Second Circuit
Russell Jensen v. Weeks Marine, Inc. and Director,
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor (filed
September 12, 2003) (346 F.3d 273, 37 BRBS 99(CRT)(2nd Cir. 2003))
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Fourth Circuit
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company v.
Director, OWCP (Brickhouse) (filed May 16, 2002) (315 F.3d 286, 36 BRBS
85(CRT)(4th Cir. 2002))
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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company v.
Director, OWCP (Winn) (filed October 5, 2000) (326 F.3d 427, 37 BRBS
29(CRT)(4th Cir. 2003))
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PDF
Fifth Circuit
Avondale Industries, Inc. v. Alario (filed October
4, 2002) ( F.3d , 2003 WL 23018913 (5th Cir. 2003))
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New Orleans Stevedores v. Director, OWCP (Ibos)
(filed December 11, 2001) (317 F.3d 480 (5th Cir. 2003))
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PDF
Mobil Mining & Minerals v. Nixson (filed 1999)
(209 F.3d 719 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 978 (2000))
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Ninth Circuit
Director, OWCP v. Container Stevedoring Co.
(Benjamin) (filed July 25, 2001) (Stevedoring Services of America v.
Director, OWCP (Benjamin), 297 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2002))
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General Construction Co. v. Castro (amicus), December 12,
2003
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Everitt v. Stevedoring Services of America (petition for review
of final order), July 14, 2003
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Dilts v. Todd
Shipyards (respondent), December 19, 2003 (PDF format)
Eleventh Circuit
Bianco v. Georgia Pacific Corp. (filed April 26,
2002) (304 F.3d 1053 (11th Cir. 2002))
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The following are briefs of import on Longshore-related issues
filed by the Solicitor General's Office in the U.S. Supreme Court
Stewart v. Dutra Constr. Co., No. 03-814 (amicus supporting
petitioner), May 21, 2004
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