CASES APPEALED TO THE COURTS


Listed below are Commission cases pending in the Courts of Appeals and

cases that have been decided by the Courts of Appeals from 2003 to present.

April 2, 2008


PENDING

FMSHRC Decision on Appeal Party Appealing Circuit Court
Docket Number
Oral
Argument
Speed Mining, Inc., PDR denied,
29 FMSHRC 701 (Aug. 2007) (ALJ)
Speed Mining 4th Cir. No.07-2090 May 14, 2008


DECIDED

FMSHRC Decision Appealed Party Appealing Circuit Court
Docket Number
Decision
Issued
Result Reported at
Plateau Mining Corp.,
28 FMSHRC 501 (Aug. 2006}
Plateau Mining 10th Cir. No. 06-9582 3/17/08 Reversed --F.3d--,2008 WL 697389
Cumberland Coal Resources, LP,
28 FMSHRC 545 (Aug. 2006)
Cumberland Coal 3d Cir. No. 06-4192 2/15/08 Affirmed 515 F.3d 247
National Cement Co. of California,
27 FMSHRC 721 (Nov. 2005)
Secretary of Labor DC Cir. No. 06-1094 7/20/07 Vacated/
Remanded
494 F.3d 1066
Crimson Stone, PDR denied,
27 FMSHRC 980 (Dec. 2005) (ALJ)
Crimson Stone 11th Cir. No. 06-11442 9/8/06 Affirmed 198 F. App’x 846
Twentymile Coal Co.,
27 FMSHRC 260 (Mar. 2005)
Secretary of Labor DC Cir. No. 05-1124 7/7/06 Reversed 456 F.3d 151
Original Sixteen-to-One Mine, PDR
denied, 29 FMSHRC 21 (Jan. 2004) (ALJ)
Original Sixteen 9th Cir. No. 04-71301 3/30/06 Reversed 175 F. App’x 825
RAG Cumberland Resources,
26 FMSHRC 639 (Aug. 2004)
Cumberland Coal DC Cir. No. 04-1427 11/10/05 Affirmed 171 F. App’x 852
Cannelton Industries, Inc.,
26 FMSHRC 146 (Mar. 2004)
Secretary of Labor DC Cir. No. 04-1126 7/22/05 Reversed 415 F.3d 82
(Spartan Mining Co.)
Twentymile Coal Co.,
26 FMSHRC 666 (Aug. 2004)
Secretary of Labor DC Cir. No. 04-1293 6/10/05 Reversed 411 F.3d 256
D.A.S. Sand & Gravel, PDR denied
25 FMSHRC 364 (July 2003) (ALJ)
D.A.S. 2d Cir. No. 03-40668 1/27/05 Affirmed 386 F.3d 460, cert.
denied 544 U.S. 1048
RAG Shoshone Coal Corp.,
26 FMSHRC 75 (Feb. 2004)
United Mine
Workers of America
D.C. Cir. No. 04-1075 8/26/04 Dismissed Unreported
Olson v. Jacobs Ranch Coal Co., PDR
denied, 25 FMSHRC 9 (Jan. 2003) (ALJ)
Olson 10th Cir. No. 03-9528 8/24/04 Affirmed 381 F.3d 1007
Ohio Valley Coal Co., PDR denied,
24 FMSHRC 1072 (Dec. 2002) (ALJ)
Secretary of Labor D.C. Cir. No. 03-1070 2/24/04 Reversed 359 F.3d 531
Kinder Morgan Operating, L.P.
23 FMSHRC 1288 (Dec. 2001)
Kinder Morgan 6th Cir. No. 02–3052 10/10/03 Affirmed 78 F. App’x 462
Mountain Top Trucking, Inc.,
23 FMSHRC 1230 (Nov. 2001)
Mountain Top 6th Cir. No. 01-4356 10/1/03 Affirmed 77 F. App’x 321
Garcia v. Colorado Lava, Inc., PDR denied,
25 FMSHRC 144 (Mar. 2003) (ALJ)
Garcia 10th Cir. No. 03-9562 8/7/03 Dismissed Unreported
Excel Mining, LLC,
23 FMSHRC 600 (June 2001)
Secretary of Labor D.C. Cir. No. 01-1335 7/8/03 Reversed 334 F.3d 1
SOL obo Owens v. Drummond Co.,
24 FMSHRC 768 (July 2002) (ALJ)
Drummond Co. 11th Cir. No. 02-14394 5/9/03 Affirmed 67 F. App’x 588

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