Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peabody Western Coal Company
Petition for certiorari denied on October 3, 2011
Issue: Whether the Secretary of the Interior is a “required party,†within the meaning of Rule 19(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to an action by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against a private employer, where the challenged conduct was undertaken pursuant to a federally approved mining lease between the employer and an Indian Tribe, but no federal agency is a party to the lease.
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