Legal Opinion
Meridian Land & Mineral Co. v. Hodel
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1988No. Nos. 85-4385, 85-4405PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. BROWNING, Chief Judge:
Meridian Land and Mineral Company and Burlington Northern Railroad Company (“Meridian”) and Theodore Fletcher own coal underlying surface lands in Custer National Forest (Custer) which they allege can only be recovered by use of surface mining methods. They sought a declaratory judgment that the “Custer Proviso” in section 522(e)(2)(B) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 et seq. (1982), imposed an absolute ban on all surface coal mining operations within the boundaries of Custer National Forest. The Secretary of Interior…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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