Ohio Valley Coal Co. v. Hudson

OPINION AND ORDER

GRAHAM, District Judge.

This action was filed on January 18, 1994 by plaintiff Ohio Valley Coal Company against the trustees of the United Mine Workers of America (“UMWA”) 1974 Pension Trust and the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund. Plaintiff is a signatory to the 1988 National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement (“the Agreement”) with the UMWA. Article XX, § (d)(l)(v) of the Agreement contains a provision known as the “purchase-of-eoal clause”, which requires signatory employers such as plaintiff to contribute a specified monetary amount based upon each ton of coal purchased or acquired…