Legal Opinion
Hi Hat Elkhorn Coal Company v. Inland Steel Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 21, 1966No. 16478PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant (“Hi Hat”) sued defendant-appellee (“Inland”) for $750,-000 in damages claimed to have been caused by Inland dumping slate, sludge and other refuse which allegedly prevented Hi Hat from mining coal. After all the proof had been taken, the district judge, the Honorable Bernard T. Moynahan, Jr., directed a verdict for Inland upon the ground that the proof of damages offered by Hi Hat was so speculative that it would be impossible to submit the issue of damages to the jury.
Jurisdiction is grounded on diversity of citizenship. Kentucky law…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Lynd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Flame Coal Company v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Spencer v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1955
- Lee Shops, Inc. v. Schatten-Cypress CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Riverside Coal Company, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Sanford Construction Co. v. S & H CONTRACTORS, INC.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Blue Diamond Coal Company v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Riggs v. Island Creek Coal Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1974
- Riverside Coal Company, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
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