Case Name: WYOMING POCAHONTAS LAND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-03-20
Citations: 61 F. App'x 168
Docket Number: No. 01-3984
Parties: WYOMING POCAHONTAS LAND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOORE and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; and COHN, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 61
Pages: 168–169

Head Matter:
WYOMING POCAHONTAS LAND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-3984.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
March 20, 2003.
Before MOORE and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; and COHN, District Judge.
The Honorable Avern Cohn, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ORDER
The Commissioner of Social Security appeals the July 12, 2001, summary judgment holding that the Commissioner lacked that authority under the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefits Act, 26 U.S.C. § 9706(a), to make initial assignments of liability for financial responsibility after September 30, 1993. The Supreme Court has recently addressed this precise issue in Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., 537 U.S. 149, 123 S.Ct. 748, 154 L.Ed.2d 653 (2003). The Commissioner is now before the court with an unopposed motion for summary reversal of the judgment based on Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., supra.
We find the Commissioner's motion to be well-taken. Therefore, the judgment of the district court is VACATED and this action is REMANDED to the district court for reconsideration in light of Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., supra.