OAK GROVE RESOURCES, LLC v. DIRECTOR, OWCP

No. 17-14468, No. 17-15782.

920 F.3d 1283 (2019)

OAK GROVE RESOURCES, LLC, National Union Fire Insurance/ AIG, Petitioners, v. DIRECTOR, OWCP, United States Department of Labor, Respondents. U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC, U.S. Steel Corporation, Petitioners, v. Cassandra M. Terry, O.B.O. and Widow of Luther Terry, Director, OWCP, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kary Bryant Wolfe , Jones Walker, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Oak Grove Resources, LLC, National Union Fire Insurance/AIG, U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC, and U.S. Steel Corporation.

April S. Rogers , Jones Walker, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Oak Grove Resources, LLC, U.S. Steel Mining Company, LLC and U.S. Steel Corporation.

Steven Frank Casey , Jones Walker, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Oak Grove Resources, LLC.

Sarah Hurley , U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Cynthia Liao , Maia Simone Fisher , Gary Stearman , U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Director, OWCP.

Michael Chance , District Director, Washington, DC, for Director, OWCP, United States Department of Labor, Benefits Review Board, and U.S. Department of Labor.

Maia Simone Fisher , U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Director, OWCP and United States Department of Labor, Benefits Review Board.

Nicholas C. Geale , U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor, Washington, DC, for Director, OWCP and U.S. Department of Labor in 17-15782.

John Riley Jacobs , Joseph Thomas Walker , Maples Tucker & Jacobs, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Carrie Ferguson.

Cecelia Brown Freeman , Maples Tucker & Jacobs, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Cassandra Terry.

Before TJOFLAT and NEWSOM, Circuit Judges, and ANTOON, District Judge.


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