Helen Mining Co. v. Director OWCP

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an administrative law judge’s “reference to the preamble to the regulations . . . unquestionably supports the reasonableness of his decision to assign less weight to [an expert’s] opinion”
• noting that “[t]he ALJ gave less weight” to the opinions of an employer’s expert because it was “inconsistent with 20 C.F.R. § 718.202(a)(1)-(4) and with the preamble to the regulations”
• “The ALJ’s reference to the preamble to the regulations . . . unquestionably supports the reasonableness of his decision to assign less weight to [an expert’s] opinion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Westmoreland Coal Company v. Jarrell Cochran
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-06-04· cited 73×
• Harman Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-05-15· cited 68×
• Jessica Ramsay v. National Board of Medical Exam
  Third Circuit· 2020-07-31· cited 45×
• Central Ohio Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Sixth Circuit· 2014-08-07· cited 33×
• Helen Mining Co v. James Elliott, Sr.
  Third Circuit· 2017-06-14· cited 15×
• Blue Mountain Energy v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-11-13· cited 13×
• Peabody Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-04-01· cited 6×
• Wilgar Land Co. v. OWCP
  Sixth Circuit· 2023-10-31· cited 6×
• Eighty Four Mining Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Third Circuit· 2016-02-09· cited 1×
• Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co v. Director OWCP
  Third Circuit· 2015-01-07
• Helvetia Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Third Circuit· 2017-02-03
• American Energy, LLC v. DOWCP
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-07-01

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Kubrick
  Supreme Court· 1979-11-28· cited 2,486×
• Island Creek Coal Company v. Dennis E. Compton Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-05-02· cited 111×
• Labelle Processing Company v. John Swarrow and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Third Circuit· 1996-02-12· cited 64×
• Kertesz v. Crescent Hills Coal Co.
  Third Circuit· 1986-04-14· cited 64×
• Peabody Coal Company Old Republic Insurance Company v. Arthur E. Hill
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-08-18· cited 39×
• Myrtle Griffith, Widow of Otis Griffith v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-02-14· cited 33×
• John A. Soubik, of the Estate of Cecilia Soubik v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Third Circuit· 2004-04-30· cited 32×
• Armand Pavesi v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Third Circuit· 1985-04-30· cited 30×
• Methel Walker v. Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corp., Employer, and Midland Insurance Company, Carrier
  Third Circuit· 1981-04-10· cited 29×
• Consolidation Coal Company v. Billy D. Williams Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-07-13· cited 26×
• Martha Keating, Widow of John Keating v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
  Third Circuit· 1995-12-12· cited 24×
• Bethenergy Mines Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor and Eva Vrobel, Widow/john
  Third Circuit· 1994-11-15· cited 18×
• Midland Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-02-18· cited 3×
• Wyoming Fuel Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-07-23· cited 2×