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ROBINSON v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, ETC.

No. 78-2047.

640 F.2d 416 (1981)

Gracie ROBINSON and Juanita Hager, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA HEALTH AND RETIREMENT FUNDS et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry F. Sword, Somerset, Ky., for appellants.

Laura A. Kumin, Washington, D. C., with whom Timothy J. Parsons, William H. DuRoss, III, and E. Calvin Golumbic, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III and ROBB, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Judge, United States Court of Claims.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

Concurring opinion filed by Judge DAVIS.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Trustees of the United Mine Workers health and retirement funds have denied permanent health-care coverage to the surviving spouses of two deceased coal miners. The disappointed claimants challenge...

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