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No. 360323
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Gladys Caperton as Representative of a Class of Property Owners Having More Than $10,000 Damage Living in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the Areas Adjacent to the Beatrice & Virginia Pocahontas Shaft Mines Numbers 1-5 Which Damage is Alleged to Exist and Have Been Caused by the Mining Operations of the v. Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Harold T. Powers and Kathy Jo Powers, His Wife v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Harry Ferrell and Florene P. Ferrell v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Company, And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Ira Cunningham Mutter v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Company And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation
No. 360323 · Decided October 19, 1978
No. 360323·Fourth Circuit · 1978·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
October 19, 1978
Citation
No. 360323
Disposition
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Gladys Caperton as Representative of a Class of Property Owners Having More Than $10,000 Damage Living in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the Areas Adjacent to the Beatrice & Virginia Pocahontas Shaft Mines Numbers 1-5 Which Damage is Alleged to Exist and Have Been Caused by the Mining Operations of the v. Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Harold T. Powers and Kathy Jo Powers, His Wife v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Harry Ferrell and Florene P. Ferrell v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Company, And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Ira Cunningham Mutter v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Company And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Gladys Caperton as Representative of a Class of Property Owners Having More Than $10,000 Damage Living in Buchanan County, Virginia, in the Areas Adjacent to the Beatrice & Virginia Pocahontas Shaft Mines Numbers 1-5 Which Damage is Alleged to Exist and Have Been Caused by the Mining Operations of the v. Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Harold T. Powers and Kathy Jo Powers, His Wife v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Harry Ferrell and Florene P. Ferrell v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Company, And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation, Ira Cunningham Mutter v. Beatrice Pocahontas Company And/or Virginia Pocahontas Company And/or Island Creek Coal Company, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Republic Steel Corporation in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on October 19, 1978.
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