Legal Opinion
United States v. Warren Troup, D.B.A. Warren Troup Coal Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 18, 1987No. 86-1409PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from the final judgment of the district court awarding it $19,526.80, which represents only 55% of the reclamation fees it sought against Warren Troup under § 402(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), 30 U.S.C. § 1232(a) (1982). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982).
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Appellee Troup operates a surface coal mining business in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. Troup blasts large holes on the surface of abandoned mines and then excavates pillars of coal that remain from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Alabama Hospital Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1981
- Drummond Coal Company, Cross-Appellee v. James G. Watt, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Tug Valley Recovery Center v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Holmes Limestone Co. v. Cecil B. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Ex Rel., Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association, Lambert Coal Company, Inc., R & B Mining Corporation, J & J Coal Company, Inc., Golden Chip Coal Company, Coleman and Yates Coal Co., Inc., Jaward Corporation v. James G. Watt, Secretary, Department of Interior, and Department of Interior, Commonwealth of Virginia, Ex Rel., Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Mined Land Reclamation and Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association v. James G. Watt, Secretary, Department of Interior, and James Richard Harris, Director, Office of Surface Mining, Ralph H. Cox, Virginia State Director, Office of Surface Mining, Commonwealth of Virginia, Ex Rel., Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Mined Land Reclamation, and Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association v. James G. Watt, Secretary, Department of Interior, James Richard Harris, Director, Office of Surface Mining, Ralph H. Cox, Virginia State Director, Office of Surface MiningCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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- Raymond Proffitt Foundation v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
- Amerikohl Mining, Inc., Al Hamilton Contracting and Supply Co., Inc., and Central Pennsylvania Coal Company, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
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