UNITED MINE WORKERS BY RABBIT v. NOBEL

Civ. A. Nos. 86-2638, 88-0545, 88-0546 and 88-1842.

720 F.Supp. 1169 (1989)

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL UNION, by Thomas RABBIT, Trustee ad litem; District 4, United Mine Workers of America, Plaintiffs, v. Max NOBEL, et al., Defendants. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA 1974 BENEFIT PLAN AND TRUST, et al., Plaintiffs, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants. INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA 1974 BENEFIT PLAN AND TRUST, et al., Defendants. (Two Cases)

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

As Amended August 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Healey, Pittsburgh, Pa., Michael H. Holland, Washington, D.C., John Purcell, Bradley Pyles, and Thomas M. Meyers, for plaintiffs.

H. Yale Gutnick, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Stanley F. Lechner, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff intervener.

Marshall J. Conn, Pittsburgh, Pa., Thomas A. Bowlen, Uniontown, Pa., William F. Hanrahan, and Robert M. Weinberg, Washington, D.C., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

The instant case presents a straight-forward factual dispute. We are required to determine whether the Bituminous Coal Operators Association agreed to fund the health care costs and other non-pension benefits of pensioners of eight former signatory employers to various National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreements. After consideration of the language of the contracts, the structure, bargaining history...

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