Posts tagged ‘Bill Mattingly’

Map of Jurisdictions of U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits

Two Courts of Appeals Reject Late-Raised Appointments Clause Challenges in Black Lung Cases (Island Creek Coal Co. v. Wilkerson & Turner Bros., Inc. v. Conley)

The biggest legal issue in federal black lung benefits litigation right now concerns a relatively obscure part of the U.S. Constitution—the Appointments Clause. This past summer,…

Fourth Circuit Affirms Award of Benefits to Ted Latusek, After 24 Years of Litigation and Attention from Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporting (Consolidation Coal Co. v. Latusek)

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an unpublished decision in the black lung benefits claim of Ted Latusek. Consolidation Coal Co.…

Map of Jurisdiction of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit

Tenth Circuit Affirms Miner’s Black Lung Award Holding Coal-Mine Dust and Cigarette Smoke Are Additive (Energy West Mining Co. v. The Estate of Morris E. Blackburn )

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a published opinion affirming a coal miner’s award of federal black lung benefits. In Energy…