Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.
2003 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., 537 U.S. 149 (2003), was a Supreme Court of the United States case.[1] The case was to determine if a law instructing a government agent "shall" perform an action by a given date was intended as a 'spur to action' or a limit on whether the agent could act after the date. In this case the court held the agent could still act even after the date.
Quick Facts Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., Argued October 8, 2002 Decided January 15, 2003 ...
Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. | |
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Argued October 8, 2002 Decided January 15, 2003 | |
Full case name | Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, Petitioner v. Peabody Coal Company, et al.; Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, Petitioner v. Bellaire Corporation, et al.; Michael H. Holland, et al., Petitioners v. Bellaire Corporation, et al. |
Citations | 537 U.S. 149 (more) 123 S. Ct. 748; 154 L. Ed. 2d 653; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 752; 71 U.S.L.W. 4041; 29 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2089; 2003 Cal. Daily Op. Service 419; 2003 Daily Journal DAR 501; 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 35 |
Case history | |
Prior | On writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Peabody Coal Co. v. Massanari, 14 F. App'x 393, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 14471 (2001). Bellaire Corp. v. Massanari, 14 Fed. Appx. 424, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 14784 (2001) |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Souter, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by O'Connor, Thomas |
Dissent | Thomas |
Laws applied | |
The Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (26 U.S.C. § 9706(a)) |
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