Alliance Coal, LLC
4 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2019–2023)
3 trusted published court opinions across 3 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Alliance Coal, LLC as an employer in 4 distinct federal employment cases between 2019 and 2023.
The most common claims on record were Wage Theft.
Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in KY.
These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.
Written decisions across 3 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Alliance Coal, LLC appears in 3 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Rettig v. Alliance Coal, LLC (2023) — Dismissed. Coal miners filed a lawsuit against Alliance Coal, LLC, claiming the company failed to pay them proper wages—a practice known as wage theft. The miners also named another company, Tunnel Ridge LLC, as a defendant, arguing it was responsible for their wages either as their direct employer or as a joint employer. Read the ruling.
Branson v. Alliance Coal, LLC (2022) — Defendant Win. A worker filed a wage theft case against Alliance Coal, LLC. During the legal discovery process, the worker tried to add important information to their deposition (recorded testimony) by submitting an errata sheet—a document meant to correct mistakes in the original testimony record. Read the ruling.
Brewer v. Alliance Coal, LLC (2021) — Mixed Result. An employee named Brewer filed a wage theft lawsuit against Alliance Coal, LLC under federal fair labor standards laws. The case involved multiple workers joining together in a collective action—a legal process where employees with similar claims can proceed as a group rather than individually. Read the ruling.
The published opinion involves a wage theft claim. Browse other wage theft rulings for comparable fact patterns and how courts have ruled. Wage Theft.
Published opinions span Kentucky (2), West Virginia (1). Kentucky is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Kentucky rulings and West Virginia rulings.
These published opinions sit within the manufacturing sector, where OSHA whistleblower, FMLA, and disability-accommodation claims are most common.
Claim Types
What these numbers mean
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A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.
Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.
Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.
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Federal court cases
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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.