Buckner v. Consol Energy Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MICHAEL BUCKNER et al., Plaintiffs, v. CONSOL ENERGY INC. et al., Civil Action No. 20-1148 (TJK) Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COM- PANY et al., Third-Party Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs are trustees of the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan. They seek a declaratory judgment that Defendants—eight energy-industry companies—are failing to fulfill their obligations to the plan under the Coal Act. Plaintiffs argue that Defendants are liable for these obligations…