United States Sixth Circuit

Given the length of time after the final judgment entered against plaintiff for health benefit payments under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992, 26 USC 9701-9722, public policy precludes setting aside the final judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2001
• Published 05/03/2001

Judges

• Before BOGGS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges;  ALDRICH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Dan D. Rhea (briefed), Lewis R. Hagood, Arnett, Draper & Hagood, Knoxville, TN, John R. Leathers (argued and briefed), Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corp., Pittsburgh, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., G.W. Morton, Jr., Lewis, King, Krieg, Waldrop & Catron, Knoxville, TN, Peter Buscemi (argued and briefed), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, David W. Allen, UMWA Health & Retirement Funds, Office of the Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, John R. Mooney, Mooney, Green, Gleason, Baker, Gibson & Saindon, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-6110., Mark B. Stern, Jeffrey Clair (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 99-6111.