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ANDERSON & ANDERSON CONTRACTORS v. LATIMER

No. 13976.

257 S.E.2d 878 (1979)

ANDERSON & ANDERSON CONTRACTORS, INC., et al. v. Ira S. LATIMER, Jr., Director, et al., etc., Succeeded by David C. Callaghan, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter W. Burton, Princeton, Pauley, Curry & Thaxton, Arden J. Curry, Thomas H. Vanderford, IV, Charleston, Robert H. Bork, New Haven, Conn., for appellants.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Nicholas W. Johnson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard L. Earles, Robert D. Pollitt, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, for appellees.

NEELY, Justice:

This appeal challenges the retroactive application of surface mining reclamation standards enacted in 1971 to operations where the reclamation was completed before the effective date of the 1971 enactments; further, appellants challenge the constitutionality of W.Va.Code, 20-6-14a [1971] which provides for pre-hearing cessation of surface mining operations upon an inspector's order. Appellants, owners, contractors, lessees and sublessees of...

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