ELR Citation: ELR 20345
No(s). s. 99-5054, -5059 (Fed. Cir. Nov 19, 2001)

The court reverses a lower court decision finding the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) liable for the permanent taking of a mining company's leasehold property. The mining company applied to the OSM for a permit and was told that its application was administratively incompl...