Legal Opinion
Department for Natural Resources & Environmental Protection v. Stearns Coal & Lumber Co.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 14, 1978PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUKOWSKY, Justice.
In 1937 Steams Coal and Lumber Company conveyed to the United States of America the surface estate in a tract of land located within the area designated as the Daniel Boone National Forest. On July 16, 1976, Stearns applied to the Department for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for a strip mine permit to mine a nineteen acre tract, fifteen acres of which were subject to the 1937 conveyance. The Department denied the application relying on KRS 350.085(3) and (4), interpreting these provisions to prohibit the issuance of permits to strip mine on public property.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Bloemer v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
- Robertson v. ScheinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
- Department for Natural Resources & Environmental Protection v. No. 8 Ltd. of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1975
- Commerce Union Bank v. KinkadeKentucky Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Ky. Ret. Sys. v. AshcraftMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
- Brown v. Jefferson County Police Merit BoardKentucky Supreme Court · 1988
- Kentucky Retirement Systems v. BowensKentucky Supreme Court · 2009
- Stearns Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 1995
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