Legal Opinion

Freeman Coal Mining Company, a Division of Material Service Corporation v. Interior Board of Mine Operations Appeals

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 22, 1974No. 73-1909PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner Freeman Coal Mining Company (Freeman) brought this action seeking review of a decision of the Secretary of the Interior, acting by the Interior Board of Mine Operations Appeals (the Board). In its decision, the Board upheld the validity of an order requiring the withdrawal of all persons from one of the petitioner’s coal mines until an allegedly unsafe condition was abated. 1 The withdrawal order was based upon a finding by a federal mine inspector that an accumulation of float coal dust in the mine constituted an “imminent danger” within the meaning of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. St. Marys Sewer Pipe Company (North Point Mine) v. Director of the United States Bureau of MinesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
  3. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, as of the Estate of Josephine W. Speth, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  4. Reliable Coal Corp. v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
  5. Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Interior Board of Mine Operations Appeals Er Al.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Zeigler Coal Co. v. KleppeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. Rock of Ages Corporation v. Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, and Federal Mine Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
  3. United States v. Consolidation Coal Company, a Corporation, Robert Lasick, Richard Schrickel, Francis Leo Marks, Raymond Zitko, IndividualsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
  4. Association of Bituminous Contractors, Inc. v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, U. S. Department of the Interior. Appeal of United Mine Workers of America. Association of Bituminous Contractors, Inc. v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, U. S. Department of the Interior, United Mine Workers of America, Party-DefendantCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  5. District 6, United Mine Workers of America v. United States Department of the Interior Board of Mine Operations AppealsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977

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