UNITED MINE WKRS. OF AMERICA v. EASTOVER MIN.


551 S.W.2d 245 (1977)

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, etc., et al., Appellants, v. EASTOVER MINING COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Yablonski, Gen. Counsel, Harrison Combs, Senior Counsel, United Mine Workers of America, Washington, D. C., Grant F. Knuckles, Pineville, for appellants.

Karl Forester, Forester & Forester, Harlan, Ky., for appellee.


LUKOWSKY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Harlan Circuit Court which held the United Mine Workers of America to be in contempt of court and assessed a fine of $20,000.00 as punishment.

U.M.W. contends:

1. The contempt conviction must be reversed because the union was denied its right to trial by jury; and

2. The contempt conviction must be reversed because the contempt findings by the trial judge are not supported by substantial...

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