Legal Opinion
Bragg v. West Virginia Coal Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2001No. 99-2443, 99-2445 to 99-2448, 99-2683, 00-1338 and 00-1339PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge WILLIAMS joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
This case, which is of great importance to the citizens of West Virginia, was commenced by some of its citizens and an environmental group against the Director of the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection to challenge his issuance of permits for mountaintop-removal coal mining in the State. The complaint alleged that the Director “has routinely approved surface coal mining permits…
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- Patricia Bragg James W. Weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. West Virginia Coal Associationwest Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association, Intervenors/defendantsappellants, and Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief to the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingologan Coal Company Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginia Friends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici Curiae. Patricia Bragg James W. Weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated, Intervenors/defendantsappellants, and Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and West Virginia Coal Association West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingo-Logan Coal Company International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginia Friends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici Curiae. Patricia Bragg James w.weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, and West Virginia Coal Association West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingo-Logan Coal Company Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginia Friends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici Curiae. Patricia Bragg James W. Weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenor/defendantappellant, and Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and West Virginia Coal Association West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingo-Logan Coal Company Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginia Friends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici Curiae. Patricia Bragg James W. Weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingologan Coal Company, Intervenors/defendants-Appellants, and Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and West Virginia Coal Association West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginiafriends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici Curiae. Patricia Bragg James W. Weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General,chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness division,u.s. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, and Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and West Virginia Coal Association West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingo-Logan Coal Company Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginia Friends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici Curiae. Patricia Bragg James W. Weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. West Virginia Coal Association West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association, Intervenors/defendantsappellants v. Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, and Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingologan Coal Company Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginia Friends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici Curiae. Patricia Bragg James W. Weekley Sibby R. Weekley West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Carlos Gore Linda Gore Cheryl Price Jerry Methena, and Tommy Moore Victoria Moore v. Hobet Mining, Incorporated Catenary Coal Company Mingologan Coal Company, Intervenors/defendants-Appellants v. Michael C. Castle, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, and Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, and West Virginia Coal Association West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership National Council of Coal Lessors, Incorporated International Union, United Mine Workers of America, Intervenors/defendants. National Mining Association Aei Resources, Inc. Washington Legal Foundation Allied Educational Foundation Interstate Mining Compact Commission Commonwealth of Virginia Friends of the Earth Kentucky Resources Council, Inc., Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
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