Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Barnes & Tucker Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1977No. 14 and 23PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JONES, Chief Justice.
Appellant, Barnes & Tucker Company, appeals from the decree of the Commonwealth Court requiring it to operate the Duman Dam pumping facility for the purpose of preventing the discharge of untreated acid mine water at its Mine No. 15, located in an area of Cambria and Indiana Counties, Pennsylvania known as the Barnesboro Basin. This case was previously before this Court on appeal for the purpose of determining the “power of the Department of Environmental Resources to enjoin acid mine drainage from abandoned mines.” 1 In that appeal, we found:
“The…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Goldblatt v. Town of HempsteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hadacheck v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by71 opinions
- Philadelphia Electric Company v. Hercules, Inc. And Gould, Inc. Appeal of Hercules, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Commonwealth v. MikulanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- City of Philadelphia v. Stepan Chemical Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Krenzelak v. KrenzelakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- United States v. South Carolina Recycling and Disposal, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1986
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