ELR Citation: ELR 20440
No(s). 85-1092 (U.S. Mar 9, 1987)

The Court holds that the subsidence provisions of the Pennsylvania Bituminous Mine Subsidence Act (Act) on their face do not violate the Taking or Contract Clauses of the Constitution. The Court first holds that §4 of the Act, which prohibits coal mining that causes subsidence damage to buildings, ...