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Type
Opinion
Author
Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.
Filed
Dec. 28, 2018
Case
E. Coast Miner LLC v. Nixon Peabody LLP (In Re Licking River Mining, LLC)
Case status
Decided

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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…

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