Legal Opinion
Powder River Basin Resource Council v. Babbitt
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1995No. 93-8117PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Powder River Basin Resource Council (PRBRC) filed suit under the citizen suit provision of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), 30 U.S.C. § 1270(a)(2), the federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, and the act allowing citizens to compel federal governmental performance, 28 U.S.C. § 1361. Plaintiff alleged that the attorney’s fees provision of Wyoming’s surface mining regulatory scheme violated established federal regulations and requested declaratory and injunc-tive relief. The district court granted defendant’s request for summary…
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