United Mine Workers of America, Afl-Cio v. Peabody Coal Company

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, United Mine Workers of America, appeals the district court’s order dismissing on summary judgment the plaintiffs complaint that the defendant, Peabody Coal Company, violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2101 et seq., by closing a mining facility without providing employees with the statutorily mandated 60 days notice. Applying the six-month statute of limitations applicable to unfair labor practice charges under section 10(b) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. § 160(b), the district court held…