Forrest H. Roles

Experience

Carbon Fuel Co. v. UMWA, 444 U.S. 212 (1979)

Breach of collective bargaining agreement

Hobet Mining v. International UMWA, 877 F.Supp. 1011 (1994)

Setting aside arbitration award and disqualifying arbitrator

Holland v. Kitchekan Fuel Corp., 137 F.Supp.2d, 681 (SDWV 2001)

Pension plan liability case

Hypes v. Cyprus Kanawha Corporation, 40 F.3d 1244 (4th Cir. 1994)

Vacation of arbitration award

In Re: Daltex Corporation v. Paybra Mining Company, 21 F.3d 421 (4th Cir. 1993)

Pension plan case

Muffley v. Spartan Mining Company, 570 F.3d 534, U.S. App. LEXIS 14305; 186 L.R.R.M. 2903; 158 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P10,011 (4th Cir. 2009)

NLRB lawfully delegated power to seek 29 U.S.C.S. § 160(j) injunctions to its General Counsel and usual four-factor equitable test applied to determine if grant of § 106 (j) injunctive relief was just and proper. District court did not abuse its discretion in awarding limited injunctive relief to NLRB, nor in denying NLRB further injunctive relief.

New Beckley Mining Corp. v. UMWA, 946 F.2d 1072 (1991)

RICO case

UMWA 1974 Pension Plan, et al. v. Pittston Coal Company, et al., 984 F.2d 469 (D.C. Cir. 1993)

ERISA case

UMWA v. BethEnergy, 992 F.2d 569 (6th Cir. 1993)

Breach of contract action

UMWA v. RAG American Coal Company, et al., 392 F.3d 1233 (10th Cir. 2004)

ERISA case