O’keefe v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc., 404 U.S. 254 (1971)

Name: O’keefe v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc., 404 U.S. 254 (1971) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

O’Keefe v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc.,

No. 71-262

Decided December 14, 1971
404 U.S. 254

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

Section 22 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, permitting a Labor Department Deputy Commissioner "[u]pon his own initiative . . . because of a mistake in a determination of fact" to review a longshoreman’s compensation claim within one year after its rejection and issue a new or modified compensation order, held to authorize the Deputy Commissioner to correct factual errors revealed by wholly new or cumulative evidence or further reflection on initially submitted evidence.

Certiorari granted; 442 F.2d 508, reversed and remanded.

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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in O’keefe v. Aerojet-General Shipyards, Inc., 404 U.S. 254 (1971). cited in 1971, 404 U.S. 254. Original Sources, retrieved 7 May 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CZSLTWHIW45W87Z.

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