U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
E. Coast Miner LLC v. Nixon Peabody LLP (In Re Licking River Mining, LLC)
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.
- Senior Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey
- Senior Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch
Case history
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Dec. 28, 2018decided Decision issued in E. Coast Miner LLC v. Nixon Peabody LLP (In Re Licking River Mining, LLC)
Opinions and writings
MERRITT, Circuit Judge. This appeal arises from the involuntary bankruptcy of U.S. Coal Corporation and its subsidiaries. U.S. Coal is the parent of debtor Licking River Mining, a company that operated in eastern Kentucky. The appellants are East Coast Miner LLC, East Coast Miner II LLC, Keith Goggin, and Michael Goodwin, generally referred to as the "Licking River Lenders." The Lenders…