Browning v. Advocate Health & Hospital Corp.

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How courts have described this case

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• explaining that retroactive legislation violates the Fifth Amendment unless it is justified as a rational measure
• holding that application of the Black Lung Benefits Act to former employees’ claims for 12 black lung disease did not violate due process, even though employees may have terminated their employment before the Act was passed
• holding that application of the Black Lung Benefits Act to former employees’ claims for 12 black lung disease did not violate due process, even though employees may have terminated their employment before the Act was passed
• explaining that retroactive legislation violates the Fifth Amendment unless it is justified as a rational measure
• noting that Congress has the authority “to allocate the interlocking economic rights and duties of employers and employees upon workmen’s compensation principles.”
• noting that Congress has the authority “to allocate the interlocking economic rights and duties of employers and employees upon workmen’s compensation principles.”

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