Legal Opinion
Pittston Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1999No. 98-2398PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge TRAXLER joined. Judge NIEMEYER wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WILKINS, Circuit Judge:
The Pittston Company1 (Pittston) appeals an order of the district court that, in relevant part, dismissed under the doctrine of claim preclusion Pittston’s claim that the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (the Coal Act), see 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 9701-22 (West Supp.1999), violates the nondelegation and separation of powers doctrines of the United States Constitution by improperly placing…
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