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Montagna, Norfolk, VA; Michael Scott Hertzig, Office of the Sol., U.S.
Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC, for respondents. ON BRIEF: Thomas S.
Williamson, Jr., Sol. of Labor, Carol A. De Deo, Assoc. Sol., Janet R.
in which Senior District Judge ALEXANDER HARVEY, II joined.
Senior Judge SPROUSE wrote a dissenting opinion.
LHWCA" or "the Act"), 44 Stat. (part 2) 1424, as amended, 33 U.S.C. Secs.
employer now petitions for review of the Board's decision and order.
on the ground that he was not a "maritime employee" covered by the LHWCA.
and commerce on navigable waters."
and that its reliance on the absence of a maritime character of the "skills used"
petitioned for review of the Board's decision.
entitled to no special deference from the Courts of Appeals. See Potomac Elec.
Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 449 U.S.
268, 278 n. 18, 101 S.Ct. 509, 514 n. 18, 66 L.Ed.2d 446 (1980).
Congressional intent."); Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v.
Howard, 904 F.2d 206, 208-09 (4th Cir.1990); cf. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 842-43, 104 S.Ct.
2778, 2781-82, 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984).
Congress, notwithstanding the Director's interpretation.
2592, 120 L.Ed.2d 379 (1992); McDermott Int'l, Inc. v. Wilander, 498 U.S.
employer in loading, unloading, repairing, dismantling, or building a vessel)."
essential to those overall processes." Id. at 47, 110 S.Ct. at 385.
provide steam and electricity to shipbuilding and ship-repair operations.
Supreme Court decisions, we decline respondents' invitation, grant WeyherLivsey's petition, and reverse the Benefits Review Board's decision.
Justice White, writing for the Court in Herb's Welding, Inc. v. Gray, 470 U.S.
longshoring. Neither welding nor pipe fitting is an inherently maritime task.
425, 105 S.Ct. at 1423, 1428.
S.Ct. at 1427). Yet Gray was held not qualified for LHWCA benefits.
plant that Prevetire helped to build would eventually be used by the shipyard.
the meaning of the Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 902(3).
(1989), requires a holding that Prevetire was engaged in maritime work.
shipyard workers whose activities affect the loading or unloading of ships.
work performed in the shipyard.
employees is to be liberally construed. Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v.
the Director's position is unreasonable.
a State workers' compensation law.
was "engaged in maritime employment."

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