Legal Opinion
Sigmon Coal Co. v. Apfel
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2000No. 99-1219PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge TRAXLER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge WILKINS joined. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
TRAXLER, Circuit Judge:
Under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (the Coal Act), see 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 9701-9722 (West Supp.1998), the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (“Commissioner”) assigns fiscal responsibility for a retired coal miner’s health benefits to the most appropriate coal mining company which employed the retired miner or, if the assigned coal operator is no longer in business, to an entity or…
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