United States Ninth Circuit

Equitable factors have no place in a district court's consideration of enforcement of a 33 U.S.C. section 914(f) penalty under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, thus denial of a monetary penalty for an overdue compensation award was erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/09/2002
• Published 10/09/2002

Judges

• Before T.G. NELSON, GRABER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles Robinowitz, Portland, OR, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Nielsen, LeGros Buchanan & Paul, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees.