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VA. SURFACE MIN. & RECLAMATION ASS'N v. ANDRUS

No. 79-1146.

604 F.2d 312 (1979)

VIRGINIA SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION, INC., A & S Coal Company, Amos Ridge Coal Co., Bevins Mining Co., Inc., Big Fork Coal Co., Bob's Branch Coal Co., Bossco, Inc., Bradley Branch Coal Co., Brushy Ridge Coal Co., Buchanan & Sons, Burnrite Coal Co., Cabot Coal Corp., Cardinal Mining Ltd., Chaparal Mining Co., Inc., Charles D. Dale Coal Co., Claude Yeary Coal Co., Conley Mullins Coal Co., Conway Coal Co., Copeland Coal Co., Curt's Coal Co., Deena Coal Co., Double D Coal Co., Elkins-Kendrick Enterprises, Five Oaks Coal Co., Flat Gap Mining Co., Gale Coal Co., Inc., Genoa Coal Co., Inc., G & O Coal Co., G & T Coal Co., H. B. Rowe & Co., H. C. Bostic Coal Co., Inc., H. R. C. Coal Co., Inc., Highland Enterprises, Hi Heat Coal Co., Horn Construction Co., Inc., Humphreys Enterprises, J. B. Coal Co., Jil-Mar Coal Co., Inc., Lyons Coal Co., Laurel Creek Coal Co., M & M Coal Co., Inc., Mineral Developers, Inc., Mullins Coal Co., Mud Fork Coal Co., Nu-Way Coal Co., Paramont Mining Corp., Permac, Inc., Pilot Coal Corp., P & R Coal Co., Race Ford Coal Corp., Rosebud, Inc., Ryder Coal Co., S & M Coal Corp., St. Charles Mining Co., Sterling Mining Co., Trace Coal Co., Tridale Coal Company, Turkey Branch Coal Co., Valley Fork Coal Co., Wise Dock Company, W. D. Martin, Charles J. Lowry, Robert W. Kelly, Jr., A. F. Kelly, Town of Wise, Virginia; and Commonwealth of Virginia, Appellees, v. Cecil D. ANDRUS, Secretary, U. S. Department of the Interior, Appellant. Virginia Citizens for Better Reclamation, Inc., and the Town of St. Charles Virginia, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. McCord, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (William M. Eichbaum, Jr., Associate Sol., Marcus P. McGraw, Dept. of the Interior, James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Carl Strass, Alfred T. Ghiorzi, Carol Green, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

John L. Kilcullen, Washington, D. C. (Kilcullen, Smith & Heenan, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellees Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association, et al.

Roger L. Chaffe, Richmond, Va., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee The Commonwealth of Virginia.

Stephen C. Greenberg, St. Paul, Va., Virginia Citizens for Better Reclamation, Inc., Robert T. Copeland, Abingdon, Va., Counsel for the Town of St. Charles, Virginia, on brief, for intervenors amicus curiae Virginia Citizens for Better Reclamation, Inc., and the Town of St. Charles, Virginia.

Before BUTZNER, HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The Secretary of the Interior appeals an order of the district court granting Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association, a number of coal companies, individual landowners, and the Town of Wise, Virginia an interlocutory injunction against enforcement of §§ 502-522 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 [30 U.S.C. §§ 1252-1272]. The complaint against the Secretary sought declaratory and injunctive...

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