Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Barnes & Tucker Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 1974No. Appeal, No. 20PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones,
Appellee, Barnes & Tucker Company, engaged in active deep mining operations at Lancashire Mine No. 15 in Cambria County from 1939 until July 1969, at which time the mine was closed and sealed. Following closure, Mine No. 15 began to inundate and in June and July of 1970 substantial discharges of acid mine drainage were discovered at two different locations. Without detailing the factual posture which will be discussed infra, the events which precipitated this appeal are as *394follows.1 The Department of Environmental Resources filed a complaint in equity in the…
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- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. SandersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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