Legal Opinion
Connors v. Tanoma Mining Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 28, 1992No. Nos. 91-7028, 91-7036, 91-7037 and 91-7038PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds appeal an order of the district court precluding them from relitigating the meaning of Article XX of the 1984 National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement and entering summary judgment in favor of the defendant coal producers. Because issue preclusion was not appropriate, we vacate the judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.
I. Background
The facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing summary…
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