Legal Opinion
United States v. Stearns Co.
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided October 9, 1984No. 7:11-misc-07001PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
SILER, Chief Judge.
In 1937, Stearns Coal and Lumber Company, now known as The Stearns Company (“Stearns”) conveyed by deed to the United States 46,842.4 acres of land in several tracts in Wayne and McCreary Counties in Kentucky, reserving certain mineral rights. This land was purchased by the United States under the Weeks Act of 1911, as attended by the Clarke-McNary Act of 1924, as part of the Cumberland National Forest (now the Daniel Boone National Forest).
No efforts were made by Stearns to strip mine this property until some date before July 30, 1954, when it made an application…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Buchanan v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1956
- McIntire v. Marian Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1921
- Martin v. Kentucky Oak Mining CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Durnin v. Allentown Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1963
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Stearns Coal and Lumber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Stearns Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2002
- United States v. The Stearns Company (Formerly Known as Stearns Coal and Lumber Company)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Belville Mining Company, Cross-Appellants v. United States of America, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Belville Mining Company, Cross-Appellants v. United States of America, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
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