GARY v. BRADDOCK CEMETERY

Nos. 06-3469, 06-3617, 06-3680.

517 F.3d 195 (2008)

Karl E. GARY; Oscar R. Jams; Shirley J. Iams; Charles W. Phillips; David Higgenbotham; Judith Higgenbotham; Mary Ann Neely; Charles Ambrose Whitlatch, Jr.; Debra Ann Whitlatch; Donald Whitlatch; Francis E. Whitlatch; Henry Abner Whitlatch; Norma Jean Whitlatch; Robert Phillips; William H. Whitlatch; Kathy L. Whitlatch; Alfred R. Chambers, as power of Attorney for Gary J. Pierson; Alfred R. Chambers, Jr.; Albert R. Chambers, as Power of Attorney for Winifred J. Pierson; Paul R. Phillips; Barbara Swartzmiller; Charles E. Whitlatch; Patricia Whitlatch; Nettie Phillips Morris; Edna Phillips Schrader; Virginia Kennedy; Helen Kelly; Mary Thorne; Kenneth L. Phillips, Appellants v. The BRADDOCK CEMETERY; Consol Energy Inc, the successor and/or assign of Rheinbraun U.S. Corporation; CNX Coal, the successor and/or assign of Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company. Karl E. Gary; Oscar R. Iams; Shirley J. Jams; Charles W. Phillips; David Higgenbotham; Judith Higgenbotham; Mary Ann Neely; Charles Ambrose Whitlatch, Jr.; Debra Ann Whitlatch; Donald Whitlatch; Francis E. Whitlatch; Henry Abner Whitlatch; Norma Jean Whitlatch; Robert Phillips; William H. Whitlatch; Kathy L. Whitlatch; Alfred R. Chambers, as power of Attorney for Gary J. Pierson; Alfred R. Chambers, Jr.; Alfred R. Chambers, as Power of Attorney for Winifred J. Pierson; Paul R. Phillips; Barbara Swartzmiller; Charles E. Whitlatch; Patricia Whitlatch; Nettie Phillips Morris; Edna Phillips Schrader; Virginia Kennedy; Helen Kelly; Mary. Thorne; Kenneth L. Phillips v. The Braddock Cemetery; Consol Energy, the successor and/or assign of Rheinbraun U.S. Corporation; CNX Coal, the successor and/or assign of Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company Consol Energy; CNX Coal, Appellants. Karl E. Gary; Oscar R. Iams; Shirley J. Jams; Charles W. Phillips; David Higgenbotham; Judith Higgenbotham; Mary Ann Neely; Charles Ambrose Whitlatch, Jr.; Debra Ann Whitlatch; Donald Whitlatch; Francis E. Whitlatch; Henry Abner Whitlatch; Norma Jean Whitlatch; Robert Phillips; William H. Whitlatch; Kathy L. Whitlatch; Alfred R. Chambers, as power of Attorney for Gary J. Pierson; Alfred R. Chambers, Jr.; Alfred R. Chambers, as Power of Attorney for Winifred J. Pierson; Paul R. Phillips; Barbara Swartzmiller; Charles E. Whitlatch; Patricia Whitlatch; Nettie Phillips Morris; Edna Phillips Schrader; Virginia Kennedy; Helen Kelly; Mary Thorne; Kenneth L. Phillips v. Braddock Cemetery; Consol Energy, the successor and/or assign of Rheinbraun U.S. Corporation; CNX Coal, the successor and/or assign of Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company Consol Energy, the successor and/or assign of Rheinbraun U.S. Corporation; CNX Coal, the successor and/or assign of Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed February 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Tarasi, Jr., Colm W. Kenny, Tarasi, Tarasi & Fishman, Pittsburgh, PA, for Karl E. Gary, et al.

Joseph A. Katarincic, Jerri A. Ryan, Christopher P. Furman, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA, for Consol Energy and CNX Coal.

Rodger L. Puz, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, PA, for Braddock Cemetery.

Before: McKEE, CHAGARES and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a) December 6, 2007.

OPINION

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

This matter involves two consolidated appeals. In No. 06-3469, Karl E. Gary, and other owners of burial plots in Braddock Cemetery (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), appeal the district court's dismissal of the action they brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Braddock Cemetery, Consol Energy, and Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company (collectively, "Defendants...

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