United States Ninth Circuit

Section 927(b) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act does not afford a federal district court subject matter jurisdiction to sanction a claimant for contempt for filing a false claim for benefits under the Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2003
• Decided 03/21/2003
• Published 03/21/2003

Judges

• Before B. FLETCHER, ALARCÓN, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa M. Conner,Aleccia & Conner, Long Beach, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• No brief filed or appearance for the defendant-appellee.