NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ARACOMA COAL COMPANY, BANDMILL COAL
CORPORATION, SPARTAN MINING COMPANY,
STIRRAT COAL COMPANY, BLACK STALLION
COAL COMPANY, LLC, COYOTE COAL COMPANY,
LLC, DODGE HILL MINING COMPANY, LLC,
HIGHLAND MINING COMPANY, LLC, KANAWHA
EAGLE COAL, LLC, PANTHER, LLC, JUPITER
HOLDINGS, LLC, REMINGTON, LLC, WILDCAT,
LLC, CONSOL ENERGY, INC., CONSOLIDATION
COAL COMPANY, CONSOL OF PENNSYLVANIA
COAL COMPANY, CONSOL OF KENTUCKY INC.,
EIGHTY FOUR MINING COMPANY, HELVETIA
COAL COMPANY, ISLAND CREEK COAL
COMPANY, KENT COAL MINING COMPANY,
LAUREL RUN MINING COMPANY, NINEVAH
COAL COMPANY, EAGLE ENERGY, INC., ELK RUN
COAL COMPANY, INC., GOALS COAL COMPANY,
GREEN VALLEY COAL COMPANY,
INDEPENDENCE COAL COMPANY, INC., KNOX
CREEK COAL CORPORATION, MARKFORK COAL
COMPANY, INC., MARTIN COUNTY COAL
CORPORATION, PEERLESS EAGLE COAL
COMPANY, PERFORMANCE COAL COMPANY,
RAWL SALES & PROCESSING, CO., SIDNEY COAL
COMPANY, INC., STONE MINING COMPANY,
APOGEE COAL, COVENANT COAL CORP., JIM
WALTER RESOURCES, INC., ALEX ENERGY, INC.,
DELBARTON MINING COMPANY, COLONY BAY
COAL COMPANY, LOGAN FORK COAL COMPANY,
PINE RIDGE COAL COMPANY, RIVERS EDGE
MINING, INC., ANDALEX RESOURCES, INC.,
ARCH WESTERN RESOURCES, LLC, CANYON
FUEL COMPANY, LLC, CATENARY COAL
COMPANY N/K/A CATENARY COAL COMPANY,
LLC, CLINTWOOD ELKHORN MINING COMPANY,
COAL-MAC, INC., COASTAL COAL COMPANY, LLC
N/K/A ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY, LLC,
COASTAL COAL-WEST VIRGINIA, LLC N/K/A
BROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC, DAL-TEX
COAL CORPORATION, EASTERN ASSOCIATED
COAL CORPORATION N/K/A EASTERN
ASSOCIATED COAL, LLC, EVERGREEN MINING
COMPANY, GATLIFF COAL COMPANY, GENWAL
RESOURCES, INC., GLAMORGAN COAL
COMPANY, LLC, HOBET MINING, INC., N/K/A
HOBET MINING, LLC, KEYSTONE COAL MINING
CORPORATION, KINGSTON RESOURCES, INC.,
MCELROY COAL COMPANY, MINGOLOGAN COAL
CO., MOUNTAINEER COAL DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, NICHOLAS-CLAY COMPANY, LLC,
N/K/A AMVEST WEST VIRGINIA COAL, LLC,
NICHOLAS-CLAY LAND & MINERAL, INC., OLD
BEN COAL COMPANY, PACIFIC COAST COAL
COMPANY, PAYNTER BRANCH MINING, INC.,
PERRY COUNTY COAL CORPORATION, PIONEER
FUEL CORPORATION, PLATEAU MINING
CORPORATION, PREMIER ELKHORN COAL
COMPANY, QUARTO MINING COMPANY, RAG
CUMBERLAND RESOURCES, L.P. N/K/A
CUMBERLAND COAL RESOURCES, L.P., RAG
EMERALD RESOURCES, L.P., N/K/A EMERALD
COAL RESOURCES, L.P., RIVERSIDE ENERGY,
INC. N/K/A AMCI HOLDINGS, INC., SHIPYARD
RIVER COAL TERMINAL COMPANY, TERRY
EAGLE L.P., UNITED STATES STEEL MINING
COMPANY LLC, USIBELLI COAL MINE, INC.,
VIRGINIA CREWS COAL COMPANY, AND WEST
RIDGE RESOURCES, INC.,
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Plaintiffs-Appellants,
AND
POWDER RIVER COAL COMPANY, PEABODY
HOLDING COMPANY, INC., MID-VOL LEASING,
INC., AND TWENTYMILE COAL COMPANY,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee.
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CLINCHFIELD COAL COMPANY, ELKAY MINING
COMPANY, HEARTLAND COAL COMPANY,
HOLSTON MINING COMPANY, MEADOW RIVER
COAL COMPANY, MOTIVATION COAL COMPANY,
PARAMONT COAL CORPORATION, PYXIS
RESOURCES CORPORATION, RANGER FUEL
CORPORATION, AND SEA B MINING COMPANY,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee.
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MINGO LOGAN COAL COMPANY,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee.
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RED RIVER COAL COMPANY, INC.
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee.
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EAGLEHAWK CARBON, INC., MOSSY EAGLE
LIMITED LIABILITY CO., ROCKSPRING
DEVELOPMENT, INC., TWIN STAR MINING INC.,
WHITE FLAME ENERGY, INC., KANAWHA EAGLE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AND KANAWHA
EAGLE COAL, LLC,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Appellee.
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2012-5090, -5091, -5092, -5093, -5094, -5095, -5121, -5133,
-5134, 2013-5013
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Appeals from the United States Court of Federal
Claims in Nos. 09-CV-734, 09-CV-770, 05-CV-1284, 07-
CV-266, 05-CV-929, 05-CV-1211, 02-CV-069, 00-CV-0761,
01-CV-0441, and 01-CV-0443, Senior Judge Bohdan A.
Futey, Judge Lynn J. Bush, Judge Francis M. Allegra,
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Judge George W. Miller, and Judge Mary Ellen Coster
Williams.
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JUDGMENT
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STEVEN HARLAN BECKER, Becker Law Firm, PLLC, of
New York, New York argued for all plaintiff-appellants.
On the brief were LINDSAY A. MINNIS, Baker & McKenzie,
LLP, of New York, New York, for plaintiffs-appellants
Aracoma Coal Company, et al. and Mingo Logan Coal
Company; JOHN YATES MERRELL, JR., Merrell & Merrell,
P.C., of McLean, Virginia, for plaintiff-appellant, Red
River Coal Company, Inc.; and ROBERT M. ROLFE, Hunton
& Williams LLP, of Richmond, Virginia, for plaintiffs-
appellants, Clinchfield Coal Company, et al.
TARA K. HOGAN, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litiga-
tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-
appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY,
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E.
DAVIDSON, Director, and TODD M. HUGHES, Deputy Direc-
tor.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, BRYSON, and PROST, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
July 22, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk