Legal Opinion
Holland v. Virginia Lee Co.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided July 23, 1999No. 2:95CV00155PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, District Judge.
The question before me is whether a suit for “super-reaehback” premiums under the Coal Act, concluded by a voluntary settlement under which the defendant coal company paid $868,604 in past premiums, can now be reopened in light of the fact that the Supreme Court has since held unconstitutional the portion of the Coal Act requiring such premiums. I find that the requirements to obtain relief from the final order of settlement have not been met under the circumstances, and deny the defendant’s motion to vacate the order.
I. Procedural Background.
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2Cases cited56 opinions
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Coltec Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation Four Leaf Coal Company, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation L.G. Wasson Coal Mining Corp., an Indiana Corporation v. William P. Hobgood Michael H. Holland Marty Hudson Thomas O.S. Rand Elliot A. Segal Carlton R. Sickles Gail R. Wilensky, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Fund United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Trust United States of America, Intervenor in D.C. Coltec Industries, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation Four Leaf Coal Company, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation L.G. Wasson Coal Mining Corp., an Indiana Corporation v. William P. Hobgood Michael H. Holland Marty Hudson Thomas O.S. Rand Elliot A. Segal Carlton R. Sickles Gail R. Wilensky, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Find United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund United States of America, Intervenor in D.C., Coltec Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
- McCorvey v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- Michael Holland v. Westmoreland Coal CompanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2020
- Hovis v. Grant/Jacoby, Inc. (In re Air South Airlines, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. South Carolina · 2000
- Clayton v. Ameriquest Mortgage Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2005
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