Legal Opinion
Doolin v. Environmental Power Ltd.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 1976No. 9914PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
On October 30, 1970, appellants entered into an agreement with appellees by which appellants contracted to sell an option war ranted to include strip mining rights as well as mineral rights to certain coal land in Pennsylvania. In return, appellee Environmental Power Ltd. [EPL] agreed to pay appellants $1,100,000 plus royalties of three percent of the sales price of all coal mined from the land for IS years. Payment of the $1,100,000 was due May 14, 1971, but appellee EPL failed to pay at that time. Appellants then instituted in the federal district court here suit for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Carter v. StantonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. City of Burlington, VermontCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Dollar v. Land, Chairman, United States Maritime CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- William J. Emmett, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph N. Emmett v. Eastern Dispensary and Casualty HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Johnson v. WeinbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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- Grillo v. National Bank of WashingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Cevenini v. Archbishop of WashingtonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
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