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UNITED STATES v. DEMKO

No. 76.

385 U.S. 149 (1966)

87 S.Ct. 382

17 L.Ed.2d 258

UNITED STATES v. DEMKO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Salzman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Douglas, Robert S. Rifkind and Morton Hollander.

Gerald N. Ziskind argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondent Demko, a federal prisoner, was seriously injured in 1962 in the performance of an assigned prison task in a federal penitentiary. Shortly afterward he filed a claim for compensation benefits under 18 U. S. C. § 4126. That law, first enacted by Congress in 1934, authorized the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., a federal corporation, to use its funds "in paying, under rules and regulations promulgated...

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