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EASTERN ENTERPRISES v. CHATER

No. 96-1947.

110 F.3d 150 (1997)

EASTERN ENTERPRISES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Montgomery, with whom David C. Kravitz and Ropes & Gray were on brief, Boston, MA, for appellant.

Sushma Soni, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC, Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, Boston, MA, and Douglas N. Letter, Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Dep't of Justice, were on brief, Washington, DC, for federal appellee.

Peter Buscemi, with whom David Lubitz, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, John R. Mooney, Elizabeth A. Saindon, Mooney, Green, Baker, Gibson & Saindon, P.C., and David W. Allen, Office of General Counsel, UMWA Health and Retirement Funds, were on brief, Washington, DC, for appellees UMWA Combined Benefit Fund and its Trustees.

Kenneth A. Sweder, with whom Howard M. Brown, Thomas M. Looney, and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan were on brief, Boston, MA, for appellees Peabody Holding Co., Eastern Associated Coal Co., and Coal Properties Corp.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this high-stakes appeal, plaintiff-appellant Eastern Enterprises (Eastern) challenges both the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act, 26 U.S.C. §§ 9701-22 (1994) (the Coal Act), and the interpretation placed upon it by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Eastern claims that the statute, as synthesized by the agency, distorts Congress' intent, offends principles of substantive due process and equal protection, and works an...

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