Legal Opinion
United States v. Brook Contracting Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 18, 1985No. 84-5607PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Chief Judge.
In this appeal by two coal producing companies from summary judgment in favor of the government, we must decide what is meant by the expression “coal produced by surface mining” under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA or the Act), 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201-1328. This is not mere semantic exercise, because upon our decision depends the extent of tonnage upon which a reclamation fee of 35 cents per ton may be levied by the Secretary of the Interior. The government argues, and the district court found, that tonnage of “coal produced” includes…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Layne B. Foulk Marjorie E. Foulk, H/w v. Donjon Marine Company, Inc., Defendant/third-Party v. Breakwaters International, Inc., Third-Party Donjon Marine Company, Inc., in 97-5235. Layne B. Foulk Marjorie E. Foulk, in 97-5269Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Drummond Coal Company v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- 62 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1505, 62 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 42,586 Jennie M. Griffin, Constance M. Anderson v. Michigan Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Dee Ann Pemberton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Drummond Coal Co. v. HodelDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1985
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