Case Status

2 results

BARNHART, COMMR, SOC SEC v. SIGMON COAL CO., ET AL. (21703)

    Order dated: 04/23/01
    Docket 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: 10/01/01
    Docket 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: