ELR Citation: ELR 20862
No(s). 84-3406 (3d Cir. Aug 26, 1985)

The court holds that the subsidence provisions of the Pennsylvania Bituminous Mine Subsidence Act on their face do not violate the Taking Clause or the Contract Clause of the Constitution. In a note, the court rules that since the suit is a challenge to a state program enacted to implement the feder...