Legal Opinion
Rum Creek Coal Sales, Inc. v. Caperton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1991No. 90-1439PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
In the late summer of 1989, Rum Creek Coal Sales (the “Company”) became involved in a coal strike. The appeal before us does not focus on the conduct of strikers or the coal company; rather, we are asked to examine the actions of the West Virginia Police (“Police”).1 As the coal strike progressed, the Company became convinced that the Police were failing to protect it because of the Police’s construction of two West Virginia statutes. The Company sought a declaratory order that the two state statutes were unconstitutional and a permanent injunction preventing the…
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