Legal Opinion
Hopkins County Coal, LLC v. Acosta
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2017No. 16-3848UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeith, J., joined by Rogers, J.,
KETHLEDGE, J. (pgs. 296-97), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the scope of the Secretary of Labor’s (“Secretary”) power to access, company documents during investigations of discrimination complaints under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (“Mine Act”),An employee of Hopkins County Coal (“HCC”), Robert Gatlin (“Gatlin”), filed a discrimination .complaint with the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”). After forwarding the discrimination complaint to HCC and making an initial request to…
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