ELR Citation: ELR 20163
No(s). 80-22-1 (Tenn. Jan 12, 1981)

The court upholds the constitutionality of a provision of the Tennessee Surface Mining Law of 1977 requiring a permit applicant to submit evidence of its legal right to strip mine. Appellants, who had been conveyed the mineral interest to a specific property, applied to the Tennessee Department of C...