Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The respondent Demko, a federal prisoner, was seriously injured in 1962 in the performance of an assigned prison task in a federal penitentiary. Shortly afterward he filed a claim for compensation benefits under 18 U. S. C. § 4126 . That law, first enacted by Congress in 1934, authorized the Federal Prison Industries, I…
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