Legal Opinion
Reserve Mining Co. v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 14, 1978No. 48352, 48393PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTIS, Justice.
This litigation reviews the propriety of permits issued by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) to Reserve Mining Company (Reserve) for the construction and operation of an on-land site for the disposal of taconite tailings at Reserve’s Silver Bay processing plant.
The problem of abating air and water pollution, generated by Reserve’s mining operations at its Peter Mitchell Mine near Babbitt, has engaged the time and attention of the Federal and state courts for nearly 6 years. What began in 1972 as a proceeding to prevent further pollution of Lake Superior eventually…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Reserve Mining Co. v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce v. Minnesota Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Reserve Mining Co. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Reserve Mining Co. v. Minnesota Pollution Control AgencySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- Minnesota Distillers, Inc. v. NovakSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
3Cited by14 opinions
- Reserve Mining Co. v. Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
- United States v. Northshore Mining Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- National Audubon Society v. Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
- White v. MINN. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCESCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
- Santora v. MiklusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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