SHENANGO INC. v. APFEL

No. 00-2525.

307 F.3d 174 (2002)

SHENANGO INCORPORATED; Stelco USA, Inc.; Stelco Coal Company; Mueller Industries, Inc., Appellants v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security; Michael H. Holland; William P. Hobgood; Marty D. Hudson; Thomas O.S. Rand; Elliot A. Segal; Carl E. VanHorn; Gail R. Wilensky, Trustees of the United Mine Worker of America Combined Benefit Fund

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Laurent (Argued), Babst, Calland, Clemens and Zomnir, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellants.

Peter Buscemi (Argued), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, John R. Mooney, Elizabeth A. Saindon, Mooney, Green, Gleason, Baker, Gibson & Saindon, P.C., Washington, DC, David W. Allen, Office of the General Counsel, UMWA Health and Retirement Funds, Washington, DC, for Appellees, Trustees of the UMWA Combined Benefit Funds.

David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Harry Litman, United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern, Jeffrey Clair (Argued), Attorneys, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the Federal Appellee, Commissioner of Social Security.

Before SLOVITER, NYGAARD and McKEE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Shenango, Inc., Stelco USA, Inc., Stelco Coal Co. and Mueller Industries (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Companies") challenge the Commissioner of Social Security's assignment of responsibility for health care premiums of approximately 70 retired miners and their qualified dependents pursuant to the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (the "Coal Act"), 26 U.S.C. §§ 9701-9722...

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