Coal Operators & Assocs. v. Babbitt
ELR Citation: ELR 20700 No(s). 00-6320 (6th Cir. Jun 3, 2002)
The court dismisses a coal mining association's claim against the Secretary of the Interior seeking to force the federal government to turn over approximately $1.3 billion allegedly due to the commonwealth of Kentucky under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act's (SMCRA's) abandoned mine re...