EASTERN COAL CORP. v. DISABLED MINERS ASS'N OF SO. W. VA.

Nos. 20800-20803.

449 F.2d 616 (1971)

EASTERN COAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DISABLED MINERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA et al., Defendants-Appellants. FEDS CREEK COAL COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DISABLED MINERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA et al., Defendants-Appellants. KENTLAND-ELKHORN COAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DISABLED MINERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA et al., Defendants-Appellants. KENTUCKY CARBON CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DISABLED MINERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA et al., Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

October 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Flynn, Heidrick, Ky., for appellants.

David D. Johnson, Charleston, W. Va., and John M. Stephens, Pikeville, Ky., for appellees; Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Charleston, W. Va., William J. Baird, Baird & Hays, Harry C. Campbell, Donald Combs, Stephens, Combs & Page, Pikeville, Ky., on the brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PECK, Circuit Judge.

This action is an appeal from the granting of a preliminary injunction by the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky against the appellant Disabled Miners Association of Southern West Virginia and certain named individuals (hereinafter "Disabled Miners") to prevent them from picketing at the entrances to the mines of the plaintiff coal mine operators (hereinafter "Mine Operators"). The picketing began on July 12, 1970, at the plaintiffs...

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