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Freeman United Coal Mining Company v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission and Secretary of Labor

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 11, 1997No. 96-1185, 96-1186PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge EDWARDS.

Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Chief Judge:

This case arose when four employees were injured following the collapse of a section of cement walkway in a coal preparation plant owned by petitioner Freeman United Coal Mining Company (“Freeman”). The collapse resulted from severe corrosion of the steel beams supporting the walkway. An Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that Freeman and two of its supervisors — petitioners James Yancik and Neal Merrifield— were liable for civil penalties based on their…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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  2. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. General Electric Company v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. DisantoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by42 opinions

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  2. National Mining Ass'n v. Mine Safety & Health AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
  3. Rock of Ages Corporation v. Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, and Federal Mine Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
  4. American Coal Co. v. Federal Mine Safety & Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2015
  5. Walker Stone Company, Inc. v. The Secretary of Labor Federal Mine Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998

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