Legal Opinion
Tug Valley Recovery Center v. Watt
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1983No. 82-1194PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
Tug Valley Recovery Center (“Tug Valley”), a West Virginia environmental organization, brings this appeal claiming the Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior (“the Secretary”) violated the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and the due process clause of the fifth amendment. Specifically, Tug Valley contends the Secretary breached his statutory and constitutional duties by approving a state environmental regulatory program that included a board of review composed of individuals representing specific interest groups. In a separate claim…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Gibson v. BerryhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ward v. Village of MonroevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
- United States v. Albert Eugene Carmichael, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Drummond Coal Company, Cross-Appellee v. James G. Watt, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Amerikohl Mining, Inc., Al Hamilton Contracting and Supply Co., Inc., and Central Pennsylvania Coal Company, Inc. v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Ex Rel., Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association, Lambert Coal Company, Inc., R & B Mining Corporation, J & J Coal Company, Inc., Golden Chip Coal Company, Coleman and Yates Coal Co., Inc., Jaward Corporation v. James G. Watt, Secretary, Department of Interior, and Department of Interior, Commonwealth of Virginia, Ex Rel., Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Mined Land Reclamation and Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association v. James G. Watt, Secretary, Department of Interior, and James Richard Harris, Director, Office of Surface Mining, Ralph H. Cox, Virginia State Director, Office of Surface Mining, Commonwealth of Virginia, Ex Rel., Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Mined Land Reclamation, and Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association v. James G. Watt, Secretary, Department of Interior, James Richard Harris, Director, Office of Surface Mining, Ralph H. Cox, Virginia State Director, Office of Surface MiningCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Warren Troup, D.B.A. Warren Troup Coal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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