Firestar Energy Resources, LLC v. WestRock MWV, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SOUTHERN DIVISION LONDON FIRESTAR ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, ) ) Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, ) No. 6:23-CV-162-REW-HAI ) v. ) ) OPINION & ORDER WESTROCK MWV, LLC, ) ) Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff. ) *** *** *** *** Firestar, a coal supplier, secures, sells, and delivers third party coal to its customers. WestRock, a paper company, sometimes burns coal to run its Virginia paper mill. The two companies signed coal supply agreements in 2022 and 2023. The 2022 agreement ostensibly proceeded as expected at the time. But four months into the…