Legal Opinion
M.L. Johnson Family Props., LLC v. Zinke
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided March 21, 2018No. CIVIL NO. 7:16–CV–6–KKCPublished
1Opinion of the Court
KAREN K. CALDWELL, CHIEF JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
A plot of land known as Tract 46 in Pike County, Kentucky has valuable coal and two owners who cannot agree on how it should be used. One cotenant, Pike-Letcher *1017Land Company ("PLLC"), has conveyed the right to enter and surface mine coal to its affiliate Premier Elkhorn Coal LLC. The other cotenant, M.L. Johnson Family Properties, LLC, has not consented to mining. Over Johnson LLC's objection, Kentucky has granted Elkhorn a right of entry to surface mine Tract 46. Johnson LLC challenged that decision…
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