Coltec Industries, Inc. v. Hobgood

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

D. BROOKS SMITH, District Judge.

In this 1993 case, plaintiffs initially sought injunctive relief enjoining defendants from assessing them any further contributions under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992, 26 U.S.C. § 9701 et seq. (“Coal Act”). Plaintiffs alleged that the Act was unconstitutional as applied in that it effected a taking without just compensation and violated both substantive and procedural due process. During the pendency of the litigation, however, the lower federal courts, including the Third Circuit, see Lindsey Coal Min. Co. v.…