Ramiro Vilanova v. United States of America

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• finding that while acceptance of voluntary payments under the LHWCA does not bar later suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, plaintiffs acquiescence in formal settlement approved by Deputy Commissioner of Labor precluded plaintiffs claim
• in addressing the effect of the Railway Labor Act, which preempts 5 collective-bargaining contract claims, held that “an action under § 1981 sounds in tort rather than 6 contract”

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