Legal Opinion
Whitney Benefits, Inc. And Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 6, 1991No. 90-5058PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Circuit Judge.
Appeal from a judgment of the United States Claims Court (Smith, C.J.) that the United States (government) took a mineral estate (Whitney coal) from Whitney Benefits, Inc. and Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co. (PKS) (collectively Benefits) upon enactment of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 et seq. (SMCRA), and requiring payment of $60,000,000, plus interest to Benefits. 1 We affirm.
I.BACKGROUND
The facts are set forth in Whitney Benefits v. U.S., 752 F.2d 1554 (Fed.Cir.1985) and in the comprehensive findings and conclusions accompanying the…
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