CONSOL BUCHANAN MIN. CO. v. SEC. OF LABOR

No. 15-1321.

841 F.3d 642 (2016)

CONSOL BUCHANAN MINING COMPANY, LLC, Petitioner, v. SECRETARY OF LABOR; Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission; Federal Mine Safety & Health Administration, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 10, 2016.

Amended: November 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Billy Ray Shelton , Jones, Walters, Turner & Shelton PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Petitioner. Cheryl C. Blair-Kijewski , United States Department of Labor, Arlington, Virginia, for Respondents. ON BRIEF: Randall C. Eads , Eads & Eads, Abingdon, Virginia, for Petitioner. M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., Heidi W. Strassler , Associate Solicitor, Office of Civil Penalty Compliance, MSHA, W. Christian Schumann , Appellate Litigation, United States Department of Labor, Arlington, Virginia, for Respondent, Secretary of Labor.

Petition for review denied by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Duncan joined.


Following a fatal accident in a coal mine operated by Consol Buchanan Mining Co. ("Consol"), the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the "Commission") determined that the accident resulted from Consol's "unwarrantable failure" to ensure that certain equipment in the mine was maintained in a safe, working condition...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases