NRG Co. v. United States

OPINION

ANDEWELT, Judge.

In these consolidated actions, plaintiffs, NRG Company, Mike T. Gustafson, William H. Lang, Bellford & Co., Cormorant Corp., Wesco Resources, Inc. (Wesco), and Thermal Energy, Inc. (Thermal), seek payments from the United States for damages they suffered as a result of the enactment of the Act of October 9, 1980, Pub.L. No. 96-401, 94 Stat. 1701 (1980) (the Cancellation Act), which, as of January 1, 1982, cancelled three mineral prospecting permits owned by plaintiffs. These permits entitled plaintiffs to explore for coal on specified lands on the Northern Cheyenne…