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Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Interior Board of Mine Operations Appeals Er Al.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided February 12, 1974No. 73-1859PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Per curiam

Eastern Associated Coal Corp. (Eastern) seeks review of an order of the Secretary of the Interior, acting by the Interior Board of Mine Operations Appeals, which, in turn, sustained an order of withdrawal to Eastern requiring Eastern to close a portion of one of its mines in Rachel, West Virginia, until certain allegedly unsafe conditions were corrected. The withdrawal order issued upon the determination by a federal mine safety inspector that the unsafe conditions constituted an “imminent danger” within the meaning of § 104(a) of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, 30 U.S.C. §…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Lucas Coal Company v. Interior Board of Mine Operations AppealsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  2. National Independent Coal Operators' Assn. v. KleppeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Association of Bituminous Contractors, Inc. v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, U. S. Department of the Interior. Appeal of United Mine Workers of America. Association of Bituminous Contractors, Inc. v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, U. S. Department of the Interior, United Mine Workers of America, Party-DefendantCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  4. Freeman Coal Mining Company, a Division of Material Service Corporation v. Interior Board of Mine Operations AppealsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  5. Old Ben Coal Corp. v. Interior Board of Mine Operations AppealsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975

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