Machipongo Land & Coal Co. v. Commonwealth
ELR Citation: ELR 20706 No(s). J-172-2001 (Pa. May 30, 2002)
The court reverses a district court decision holding that the designation of the Clearfield County Goss Run Watershed as unsuitable for mining under the Pennsylvania Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act was a taking. Various property owners who had mining interests in the watershed argued...