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IN RE WALTER ENERGY, INC.

No. 16-13483.

911 F.3d 1121 (2018)

IN RE: WALTER ENERGY, INC. et al., Debtor. United Mine Works of America Combined Benefit Fund, United Mine Works of America 1992 Benefit Plan, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Andre M. Toffel, as Chapter 7 Trustee for Walter Energy, Inc., Steering Committee of First Lien Holders, Warrior Met Coal, Inc., Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Goodchild, III , Philadelphia, PA, Stephanie Schuster , Washington, DC, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Raechel K. Anglin , Washington, DC, Julia Frost-Davies , Amelia C. Joiner , Boston, MA, Rachel Jaffe Mauceri , Philadelphia, PA, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Glen M. Connor , Quinn Connor Weaver Davies & Rouco, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant UMWA 1974 Pension Plan and Trust.

George Nicholas Davies , Quinn Connor Weaver Davies & Rouco, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants UMWA 1974 Pension Plan and Trust, United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan.

Bryan Michael Killian , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants UMWA 1974 Pension Plan and Trust, United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund.

Paul A. Green , John Robert Mooney , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy & Welch, David Bruce Salmons , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund, United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan.

Scott Burnett Smith , Huntsville, AL, James B. Bailey , Jay Robert Bender , Cathleen Curran Moore , John DeForest Watson, III , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Jayna Partain Lamar , Robert K. Ozols , Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, Birmingham, AL, Kelley A. Cornish , Robert N. Kravitz , Diane Meyers , Michael S. Rudnick , Stephen Shimshak , Claudia R. Tobler , Ann K. Young , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Andre' M. Toffel.

Maurice L. Brimmage, Jr. , Dallas, TX, Ira S. Dizengoff , Lisa G. Beckerman , New York, NY, James R. Savin , Washington, DC, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Donald Christopher Carson , Michael Leo Hall , Birmingham, AL, Forrest Stephen Latta , Mobile, AL, Burr & Forman, LLP, for Defendants-Appellees Steering Committee of First Lien Holders, Warrior Met Coal, Inc.

Before MARTIN, JILL PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Coal companies in the United States long ago promised in wage agreements to provide their employees with health care benefits at no cost to the employees and to continue to provide these benefits even after the employees' retirement. A quarter century ago, Congress turned this contractual obligation into a statutory one...

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