Legal Opinion
Connors v. Link Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 24, 1992No. Nos. 91-7051, 91-7052 and 91-7059PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The continual discovery of new coal mines and exhaustion of old ones leads to a very high turnover of employers in the coal industry. Because of this and the mobility of employees, labor and management in the industry have since 1950 worked out a means for assuring workers retirement benefits without linking specific workers to specific employers. They have done this through national, multi-employer agreements between the United Mine Workers of America and a multi-employer association of coal…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Metropolitan Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Schneider Moving & Storage Co. v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- National Labor Relations Board v. C & C Plywood Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, Inc. v. Joseph P. Connors, Sr. Appeal of Associated Electric Cooperatives, IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension v. Pittston Company, United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust v. Rawl Sales & Processing Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- National Labor Relations Board v. United States Postal Service, American Postal Workers Union, Afl-Cio, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- Anker Energy Corporation v. Consolidation Coal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Unity Real Estate Company, No. 97-3234 v. Marty D. Hudson Michael H. Holland Thomas O.S. Rand Elliott A. Segal Carlton R. Sickles Gail R. Wilensky William P. Hopgood Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund Thomas F. Connors Robert Wallace Trustees of the 1992 United Mine Workers of America Benefit Plan United States of America (Intervenor in District Court), Ltv Corporation (Ltv), Nacco Industries, Inc. (Nacco) Amicus Curiae. Barnes and Tucker Company, No. 97-3236 v. Marty D. Hudson, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund and Trustee of the 1992 United Mine Workers of America Benefit Plan Michael H. Holland, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund and Trustee of the 1992 United Mine Workers of America Benefit Plan Thomas O.S. Rand, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund Elliott A. Segal, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund Carlton R. Sickles, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund Gail R. Wilensky, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund William P. Hopgood, Trustee of the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund Thomas F. Connors, Trustee of the 1992 United Mine Workers of America Benefit Plan Robert G. Wallace, Trustee of the 1992 United Mine Workers of America Benefit Plan United States of America (Intervenor in the District Court), Ltv Corporation (Ltv), Nacco Industries, Inc. (Nacco) Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Flynn v. Tiede-Zoeller, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2006
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