Legal Opinion
Molinary v. Powell Mountain Coal Co., Inc.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided May 24, 1995No. 91-0007-BPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WILSON, District Judge.
This is a class action citizen suit for damages pursuant to § 520(f), 30 U.S.C. § 1270(f), of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), by class representative Jo. D. Molinary (Molinary) against Powell Mountain Coal Company, Inc., d/b/a Wax Coal (Wax Coal). 1 The class — known as the “Pruitt heirs” — owns more than a 99 percent undivided interest in the surface-rights to a fifty acre tract of land located in Lee, County, Virginia that Wax Coal auger mined without lawful authority. The Virginia Division of Mined Land Reclamation (DMLR)…
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