Robert B. Reich, Secretary, United States Department of Labor v. The Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

In this action to enforce a federal hen, the defendant coal company appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Department of Labor (“the DOL”), awarding interest on payments made from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (“the Fund”). We affirm the judgment of the district court.

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The facts of this case are comprehensively set out in the opinion below, Reich v. Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Co. (Reich v. Y & O), 858 F.Supp. 1381 (S.D.Ohio 1994). The case presents two issues: (1) whether, having miscalculated the amount of interest due on…