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Cite as: 524 U. S. 498 (1998)

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Opinion of O(cid:146)Connor, J.

John T. Montgomery argued the cause for petitioner.
With him on the briefs were John H. Mason and L. Wil-
liam Law.

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for
the federal respondent. With him on the brief were Solici-
tor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Hunger,
Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Douglas N. Letter, and Sushma Soni.
Peter Buscemi argued the cause for respondents UMWA
Combined Beneﬁt Fund et al. With him on the brief were
Stanley F. Lechner, David Lubitz, John R. Mooney, Paul A.
Green, and David W. Allen. Kenneth A. Sweder ﬁled a brief
for respondents Peabody Holding Co., Inc., et al.*

Justice O(cid:146)Connor announced the judgment of the Court
and delivered an opinion, in which The Chief Justice, Jus-
tice Scalia, and Justice Thomas join.

In this case, the Court considers a challenge under the Due
Process and Takings Clauses of the Constitution to the Coal

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for AlliedSignal Inc.
et al. by Donald B. Ayer, Jonathan C. Rose, James E. Gauch, and Gregory
G. Katsas; for Davon, Inc., by John W. Fischer II; for Pardee & Curtin
Lumber Co. et al. by Arthur Newbold, Ethan D. Fogel, and Andrew S.
Miller; for Unity Real Estate Co. et al. by Robert H. Bork, David J.
Laurent, Patrick M. McSweeney, William B. Ellis, and John L. Marshall;
and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Timothy S. Bishop, Daniel
J. Popeo, and Paul D. Kamenar.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the Bituminous
Coal Operators’ Association, Inc., by Clifford M. Sloan and Paul L. Joffe;
for California Cities and Counties et al. by John R. Calhoun, John D.
Echeverria, James K. Hahn, Anthony Saul Alperin, Samuel L. Jackson,
Joan R. Gallo, George Rios, Louise H. Renne, Gary T. Ragghianti, and S.
Shane Stark; for Cedar Coal Co. et al. by David M. Cohen; for Freeman
United Coal Mining Co. by Kathryn S. Matkov; for Ohio Valley Coal Co.
et al. by John G. Roberts, Jr.; and for the United Mine Workers of America
by Grant Crandall.

Briefs of amici curiae were ﬁled for Midwest Motor Express, Inc., by
Hervey H. Aitken, Jr., and Roy A. Sheetz; and for Pittston Co. by A. E.
Dick Howard, Stephen M. Hodges, Wade W. Massie, and Gregory B.
Robertson.