Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Sally Jewell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 26, 2014No. 12-5383PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SRINIVASAN.
Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
SRINIVASAN, Circuit Judge:
The Battle of Blair Mountain is the largest armed labor conflict in our nation’s history. In late August 1921, after years of tension between coal miners and coal companies, more than 5,000 West Virginia coal miners began a march to Logan and Mingo Counties, West Virginia. They aimed to unionize and liberate fellow miners living under martial law. When they reached Blair Mountain, a 1,600-aere area in Logan County, they encountered roughly 3,000 armed…
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