CLINCHFIELD COAL CO. v. FEDERAL MINE SAFETY & H. COM'N

No. 88-1873.

895 F.2d 773 (1990)

CLINCHFIELD COAL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMISSION, Respondent, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1990.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Scott, III, with whom Timothy M. Biddle, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mary Lu Jordan, for intervenor.

L. Joseph Ferrara, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Com'n and Dennis D. Clark, Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for respondent.

Before MIKVA, EDWARDS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.

STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission has directed the petitioner, a coal mine operator, to pay one week's salary, plus interest, to employees idled by a government-ordered shutdown later tied to the operator's health and safety violations. We uphold the Commission's rulings on both liability and interest.

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