Legal Opinion
Laurel Mountain Resources, LLC ex rel. Miller Bros. Coal, LLC v. Commonwealth, Energy & Environment Cabinet
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided February 17, 2012No. 2010-CA-001860-MRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAMBERT, Senior Judge:
This appeal arises from an order of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Energy and Environment Cabinet (“the Cabinet”) denying a “Lands Unsuitable for Mining” petition filed by Beverly May but nonetheless imposing numerous restrictive conditions on all future surface coal mining in the petition area. The order was affirmed by the Franklin Circuit Court. Appellants Laurel Mountain Resources, LLC (as successor in interest to Miller Bros. Coal, LLC) and Gene D. Campbell2 challenge the determination on a variety of grounds. After careful consideration of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- National Wildlife Federation v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Gateway Construction Company v. WallbaumCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- Commonwealth v. PlowmanKentucky Supreme Court · 2002
- Bowling v. Kentucky Department of CorrectionsKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
- In Re Permanent Surface Mining Regulation LitigationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
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