North Fork Coal Corporation v. MSHR

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OPINION and JUDGMENT filed: The petition for review is GRANTED, and the order of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is REVERSED. Decision for publication pursuant to local rule 206. Jeffrey S. Sutton (CONCURRING) and Richard Allen Griffin (AUTHORING), Circuit Judges; and Joseph M. Hood, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, sitting by designation. [11-3398, 11-3684]

Case: 11-3398

Document: 006111400330

Filed: 08/14/2012

Page: 1

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
100 EAST FIFTH STREET, ROOM 540
POTTER STEWART U.S. COURTHOUSE
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3988

Leonard Green
Clerk

Tel. [phone]
www.ca6.uscourts.gov

Filed: August 14, 2012

Mr. James Wesley Addington
Appalachian Citizens Law Center, Inc.
317 Main Street
Whitesburg, KY 41858
Mr. Timothy Ward Gresham
Mr. Stephen M. Hodges
Penn, Stuart & Eskridge
P.O. Box 2288
Abingdon, VA 24210
Mr. Tony Oppegard
P.O. Box 22446
Lexington, KY 40522
Ms. Robin Ann Rosenbluth
U.S. Department of Labor
Office of the Solicitor
4015 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22203-0000
Mr. John Thomas Sullivan
Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission
601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Suite 9500
Washington, DC 20001
Re: Case Nos. 11-3398/3684, North Fork Coal Corporation v. MSHR
Originating Case No. : Kent 2009-1429-D
Dear Counsel,
The court today announced its decision in the above-styled case.

Case: 11-3398

Document: 006111400330

Filed: 08/14/2012

Page: 2

Enclosed is a copy of the court's opinion together with the judgment which has been entered
in conformity with Rule 36, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Yours very truly,
Leonard Green, Clerk
Cathryn Lovely
Deputy Clerk

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