| Court: | US Supreme Court |
| Facts: | Hideously complex. Eastern got out of the coal business, but Congress may make them liable for health care for former workers... |
| Posture: | Many appeals. |
| Issue: | Is the coal act, by its retroactive nature, an unconstitutional taking from Eastern? |
| Holding: | Yes. |
| Rule: | You can't impose a disproportionate and retroactive burden. |
| Reasoning: | Lots of it, but it's convoluted. Interesting, though, that the court is meddling in economic policy once again. |
| Dicta: | Many concurrances and dissents. |