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U. S. IND./FED. SHEET METAL, INC. v. DIRECTOR, OWCP

No. 80-518.

455 U.S. 608 (1982)

102 S.Ct. 1312

71 L.Ed.2d 495

U. S. INDUSTRIES/FEDERAL SHEET METAL, INC., ET AL., v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 23, 1982

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Galiher, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Richard W. Galiher, William H. Clarke, and Frank J. Martell.

James F. Green argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondent Riley were Karl N. Marshall, Martin E. Gerel, James A. Mannino, Mark L. Schaffer, and Wayne M. Mansulla.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In the early morning of November 20, 1975, respondent Ralph Riley awoke with severe pains in his neck, shoulders, and arms, which later were attributed by physicians to an exacerbation of an arthritic condition. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that this "injury" was sufficient to invoke the "statutory presumption of compensability,"1 §...

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