SMITH v. CONSOLIDATION COAL CO./ISLAND CREEK COAL CO.

Civil Action No. 96-cv-102.

948 F.Supp. 583 (1996)

Allen R. SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY/ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

Opinion on Reconsideration November 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Sachs, United Mine Workers of America, Castlewood, VA, for plaintiffs Allen R. Smith, Dallas E. Perkins, Donald W. Ford, Carl B. Jackson, Danny L. Wade, Jerry L. Settle, Larry E. Coleman, Johnny R. Proffitt, Jimmy Smith, Roger D. Yates, Hassell W. Peck, Furley L. Hubbard, Ronnie C. Owens, Ralph K. Stilwell, Woodrow Honaker, Burton Vanover, Jr., Bernard Hart, Jessie L. Childress, Wendell Endicott, William H. Mitchell, Jerry D. Edwards, James E. Dotson, Carl Hay, Thomas Harmon, Garland Owens, Gary Deel, Franklin D. Hagy, Gary L. Jackson, Jerry Blankenship, Wayne H. Hagy, Calvin Johnson, Larry A. Shepard, Donnie Blankenship, Larry D. Rasnake, Jerry Deel, Edsel B. Fraley, Lester Johnson, Jr., Iven F. Dales, Eddie D. O'Quinn, Donald Baldwin, Avery A. Edwards, Ronnie Lee Yates, Danny R. Jackson, Lonzo J. Lee, Richard A. Hess, Barry L. Jessee, Lonnie T. Raines, Douglas Shepherd, Clyde J. Yates, Douglas A. Stacy, Billy Ray Viers, Paul E. Mathis, Jerry B. McGlothlin, Fred A. Osborne, James D. McGlothlin, Charlie Stacy, Ernest M. Tickle, Roger Mullins, Burlin Owens, Chas. T. Blankenship, Clifford M. Owens, Cline Estep, Homer Compton, Michael H. Stanley, Arthur Woods, Winston D. Boyd, Jerry R. Ward, Gary E. Elswick, Kenneth A. Thomas, Elmer C. Ball, Elden Donald Gross, Ricky A. Miller, Danny E. Blankenship, Jackie H. Rowe, Clyde M. Hess, Larry S. Brown, Avis L. Ratliff, Douglas E. O'Quinn, Randy M. Grizzle, Randolph Yates, Larry J. Davis, Lloyd Deel, Berlin Viers, Jimmy D. Edwards, Jimmy Viers, Narvel Brown, Jr., Glennis Deel, Ballard Hess, Woodrow Smith, Denver Thomas, Larry Looney, Benny L. Henkel, Clinard Coleman, George E. Payne, Frank Colley, Larry D. Deel, Steve A. Deel, Ernest Smith, Phillip Vance, Jr., James M. Dye, Gregory Mullins, Douglas Owens, Alex E. Powers, Earl K. Baldwin, Blaine D. Kelley, James H. Rose, Jack Stiltner, Larry M. Carter, Billy T. Yates, Roy W. Phillips, Bobby L. Bragg, Stephen D. Davis, Robert M. Wright, Jr., Vester Deel, Billy R. Gilbert, Jerry L. Lambert, Paul R. Coleman, James E. Adkins, Glen E. Owens, Daniel Dale, Grant W. Shepard, Dennis D. Powers, Earl S. White, Johnny W. Looney, Bobby D. Newberry, Eddie G. Bostic, Ralph D. Armes, Jerry D. Compton, Raymond L. McCoy, Roy D. Farmer, Jimmy Smith, Jr., Steven J. Lane, Albert D. Arnold, Archie A. Parrigan, Caral Daugherty, Dewayne Wallace, Donald Keaton, Ernest E. Rose, Gary W. Jackson, Gary D. Smith, Ronald Deel, Teddy V. Collins, Claude T. Dotson, David M. Hess, James L. Taylor, Richard Nowlin, Glen A. Wright, Charles F. Forrester, Ronald L. Adkins, Keith Whited, Jackie L. Ashby, Clarence R. Estep, Gary T. Jackson, Melvin L. Johnson, Gerry L. Gaby, William M. Jackson, Freddie G. Endicott, Gary W. Parrigan, Gary L. Richardson, Fairley Ramey, Ray L. Blankenship, Adrin D. McGlothlin, Jerry W. Gillespie, Clarence E. Sword, Larry W. Powers, Larry R. Stacy, Jack E. Brown, Gerald T. Francis, Michael V. Adkins, Linda G. Mullins, Connie Z. Goff, Douglas M. McGlothlin, Michael S. Estep, Larry R. Baker, Earl K. Colley, Raymond C. Elswick, Tommy F. Slone, Martin E. Ratliff, Estil E. Wilson, Gary W. Matney, Phillip R. Reynolds, Jr., Jackie Lee Owens, Michael K. Boyd, Clyde B. Ferrell, Jerry Wayne Crabtree, Billy J. Davis, Jr., Hugh Lynn Mullins, William D. Green, Clinard G. Lambert, Ralph E. Justus, David P. Helbert, Donald B. Ramey, Harless W. Fletcher, Carrie C. Absher, Darrell B. Salyers, Randall K. Shrader, John V. Hagy, Jr., Randall D. Honaker, Clata C. Mitchell, Jr., Billy R. Thacker, James M. Hagerman, Buford L. McGlothlin, Eulis Keene, James B. Vandyke, Paul H. Sullivan, Robert L. Moore, Henry Stiltner, Joe Bill Miller, Ronald D. Charles, Dwain E. Bailey, Denny J. Coleman, Ronnie R. Street, Robert K. Owens, Willy H. Charles, Perry G. Gilbert, Jr., Ferrell Shortridge, James H. Shortridge, Cecil Ward, Jr., Garrett E. Harris, United Mine Workers of America, Local Union 1640, United Mine Workers of America, District 28.

Mary Lynn Tate, Tate, Lowe & Rowlett, Abingdon, VA, for defendants Consolidation Coal Company, Island Creek Coal Company.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN M. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.

This action is before the court pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ("WARN"), 29 U.S.C. § 2104(a)(5). Defendant Island Creek Coal Company ("Island Creek") filed a motion to dismiss, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), and seeks costs in defending this action. Defendant Consolidation Coal Company ("CCC") filed...

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