Musgrave v. SQUAW CREEK COAL CO.

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Bil Musgrave (“Musgrave”), a former coal miner, appeals the trial court’s order in favor of Squaw Creek Coal Company (“SCCC”) and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (“DNR”) on SCCC’s petition for judicial review. SCCC petitioned the trial court for judicial review of an order issued by an Indiana Natural Resources Commission (“Commission”) Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) vacating the DNR’s decision to release certain portions of SCCC’s reclamation bond on its surface mining permit, and the trial court reversed. The DNR cross-appeals the trial court’s…