HOLLAND et al v. MURRAY et al

  1. June 04, 2024

    Widow's 'Elderly' Claim For Atty Fee Can't Stand, Trustees Say

    A coal company executive's widow can't demand hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney fees over a dismissed suit seeking $6.5 billion, United Mine Workers of America pension plan trustees argued, knocking her claim that the trustees are seeking funds from an "elderly woman."

  2. April 15, 2024

    Coal Exec's Widow Seeks Atty Fees After Toss Of $6.5B Suit

    The widow of a bankrupt coal company's former president requested $525,000 in attorney fees and costs Monday after a D.C. federal judge tossed a suit alleging her husband's estate and another business owed a union pension plan $6.5 billion, saying the plan's trustees can afford to pay.

  3. April 01, 2024

    Bankrupt Coal Co.'s Affiliates Beat $6.5B Union Pension Suit

    A bankrupt coal company's affiliates have dodged claims that they owe $6.5 billion to a union pension plan, with a Washington, D.C., federal judge holding that the plan's trustees lacked standing to sue under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because one trustee wasn't properly appointed.

  4. July 24, 2023

    Defunct Coal Co.'s Reps Want $6.5B Union Pension Suit Axed

    The representatives of a defunct coal company asked a D.C. federal judge to toss a $6.5 billion lawsuit over the company's debt to a union pension plan, saying the judge was wrong to rule earlier this year that the plan trustees have standing to sue.

  5. March 28, 2023

    $6.5B ERISA Suit Against Dead Energy Co. Can Stand

    Three trustees of a pension trust for retired coal miners can keep pursuing their claims that a now-bankrupt company owes about $6.5 billion, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled, saying that a bankruptcy proceeding didn't strip them of standing.