United States v. Donald L. Blankenship

ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20010
No(s). 16-4193 (4th Cir. Jan 19, 2017)

The Fourth Circuit held that a district court committed no reversible error in a case where an energy company chairman was convicted of conspiring to violate federal mine safety laws. The case involved an accident on April 5, 2010, at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, which ...