ELR Citation: ELR 20128
No(s). 78-0244-B (W.D. Va. Jan 3, 1980)

The court declares that portions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), ELR Stat. & Reg. 42401, including provisions restricting steep-slope coal mining, violate the Fifth and Tenth Amendments and permanently enjoins their enforcement. The court first declines to rule on the ...