Legal Opinion
Whitney Benefits, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 13, 1989No. 499-83LPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Chief Judge.
This inverse condemnation action was brought by Whitney Benefits, Inc. (Whitney), a Wyoming non-profit, charitable organization and Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co. (PKS), a mining corporation organized under the laws of Nebraska. They contend that their property interests in a coal estate in Sheridan County, Wyoming (Whitney coal) were taken by the defendant, and they claim that Whitney’s fair market value is $300 million. Defendant contends that no taking occurred because plaintiffs are unable to prove that it would have been economically feasible to mine Whitney coal,…
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