Case Status
2 results
BARNHART, COMMR, SOC SEC v. SIGMON COAL CO., ET AL. (21703)
Order dated: 04/23/01Docket number: 00-1307
Action:
The motion of Trustees of UMWA Combined Benefit Fund for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
BARNHART, COMMR, SOC SEC v. SIGMON COAL CO., ET AL. (21703)
Order dated: 10/01/01Docket number: 00-1307
Action:
The motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument and to allow United Mine Workers of America Combined Fund leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae is granted.
A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:
Whether the Coal Act permits the Commissioner to assign beneficiaries to the successor in interest of a signatory operator that is no longer in business.
An opinion has been handed down: