NRG Co. v. United States

OPINION

ANDEWELT, Judge.

I

In these consolidated actions, plaintiffs, NRG Company, Mike T. Gustafson, William H. Lang, Bellford & Co., Cormorant Corp., Wesco Resources, Inc., and Thermal Energy, Inc., seek payments from the United States for damages they allegedly suffered as a result of the enactment of federal legislation that prompted the cancellation of three mineral prospecting permits owned by plaintiffs. The permits in issue covered land on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. During trial, plaintiffs alleged that the legislation that cancelled their permits constituted a…