Legal Opinion

Cemex, Inc. v. Department of the Interior

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided September 15, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2019-1265Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CEMEX INC., Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 1:19-cv-01265 (CJN) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION In 1990, Cemex purchased from the federal government the right to extract sand and gravel from a mineral deposit located in Southern California. See Compl., ECF No. 1 at ¶ 2. For approximately 25 years, both parties operated under the mutual understanding that the two-decade production period would not start to run until Cemex acquired the necessary permits to begin mining. Id. That changed in 2015 when the…

2Cases cited52 opinions

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  3. Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2009
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  5. Trudeau v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006

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