In re BITUMINOUS COAL WAGE AGREEMENTS.
Appeal of TRUSTEES OF the UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS, in Nos. 84-3166 & 84-3220.
Appeal of INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, in Nos. 84-3167 & 84-3237.
Appeal of DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY and Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., in Nos. 84-3371 & 84-8067.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 26, 1984.
Decided February 27, 1985.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 1, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen J. Pollak (argued), Ralph J. Moore, Jr., Wendy S. White, Julie Melamud, Shea & Gardner, William F. Hanraham, Washington, D.C., for Trustees of United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds.
Earl V. Brown, Jr. (argued), Michael H. Holland, Willard P. Owens, Kurt Kobelt, United Mine Workers of America, Washington, D.C., for Intern. Union, United Mine Workers of America.
David McNeil Olds (argued), Daniel I. Booker (argued), Michael E. Lowenstein, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Duquesne Light Co., Associated Elec. Co-op., Inc., Union Carbide Corp. and U.S. Fuel Co.; Walter T. Wardzinski, Larry R. Crayne, Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel, for Duquesne Light Co.
Eugene E. Andereck, Stockard, Andereck, Hauck, Sharp & Evans, Jefferson City, Mo., for Associated Elec. Co-op., Inc.
Robert L. Doan, Richard P. Lawlor, Danbury, Conn., for Union Carbide Corp.
Anthony J. Polito, David J. Laurent, Corcoran, Hardesty, Ewart, Whyte & Polito, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Consolidation Coal Co., Gilbert Fuel Co., Harmar Coal Co., La Luz Ohio, Inc., Muskingum Mining Co., Royalty Smokeless Coal Co., Shannon Pocahontas Coal Co. and Virginia Crews Coal Co.
E.M. Payne, III, File, Payne, Scherer & Brown, Beckley, W.V., for Douglas Pocahontas Coal Co.
John W. Latella, Cauley, Conflenti & Latella, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Luzerne Coal Corp.
Milton T. Herndon, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Huntington, W.V., for Metco Mining Corp.
Gregg M. Rosen, Rosen & Mahfood, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Old Home Manor, Inc.
Harry L. Hopkins, Charles C. Pinckney, Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, Ala., for Pulltight Coal, Inc., Lakeside Coal Co. and Kinlock Coal, Inc.
John L. Kilcullen, Kilcullen, Wilson & Kilcullen, Chartered, Washington, D.C., for Reitz Coal Co. and Doe Valley Coal Co.
Jeffrey J. Leech, Tucker & Arensberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for West Newton Coal Logistics Co.
Laurence Gold, Elliott Bredhoff, Michael H. Gottesman, David M. Silberman, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., for American Federation of Labor and Congress of Indus. Organizations and Indus. Union Dept., AFL-CIO, as amici curiae; George Kaufmann, Washington, D.C., of counsel.
Robert A. Dufek, Charles P. O'Connor, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., for Bituminous Coal Operators' Ass'n, Inc., as amicus curiae.
Before HUNTER and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc in Nos. 84-3166, 84-3167, 84-3220, 84-3237 and 84-3371 Denied April 1, 1985.
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The United Mine Workers Union has incorporated a "purchased-coal" clause in its collective bargaining agreements. By its terms, a signatory employer must contribute to the Union Health and Retirement Funds an equal amount per ton of coal whether it mines the...
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