BRAGG v. ROBERTSON

No. Civ.A. 2:98-0636.

72 F.Supp.2d 642 (1999)

Patricia BRAGG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Colonel Dana ROBERTSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Charleston Division.

October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Lovett, Mountain State Justice, Charleston, WV, James M. Hecker, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, for Patricia Bragg, James W. Weekley, Sibby R. Weekley, plaintiffs.

Patrick C. McGinley, Morgantown, WV, James M. Hecker, Trial Lawyers For Public Justice, Washington, DC, Suzanne M. Weise, Morgantown, WV, for The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Harry M. Hatfield, Carlos Gore, Linda Gore, Cheryl Price, Jerry Methena, plaintiffs.

Michael L. Keller, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Charleston, WV, Rebecca A. Betts, United States Attorney, Charleston, WV, Lois J. Schiffer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven E. Rusak, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Ruth Ann Storey, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, Terry Clarke, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Counsel, Huntington, WV, for Dana Robertson, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, defendant.

Michael L. Keller, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Charleston, WV, Rebecca A. Betts, United States Attorney, Charleston, WV, Lois J. Schiffer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven E. Rusak, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Ruth Ann Storey, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for Joe N. Ballard, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Michael D. Gheen, Chief of the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Div., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, defendants.

Thomas L. Clarke, William E. Adams, Jr., Craig B. Giffin, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, Office of Legal Services, Charleston, WV, Russell M. Hunter, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, Office of Mining & Reclamation, Nitro, WV, Benjamin L. Bailey, Brian A. Glasser, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Charleston, WV, for Michael Miano, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, defendant.

Roger A. Wolfe, Robert G. McLusky, James R. Snyder, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, for Hobet Mining, Inc., Catenary Coal Co., Mingo-Logan Coal Co., intervenor-defendants.

W. Warren Upton, M. Shane Harvey, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, Terry R. Sammons, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, WV, for The West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association, West Virginia Coal Association, intervenor-defendants.

W. Henry Lawrence, IV, Robert D. Pollitt, Richard L. Lewis, Richard N. Farmer, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, WV, for Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership, National Council of Coal Lessors, Inc., intervenor-defendants.

Grant Crandall, James M. Haviland, George P. Surmaitis, Crandall, Pyles, Haviland & Turner, Charleston, WV, for International Union, United Mine Workers of America, intervenor-defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HADEN, Chief Judge.

Pending are cross-motions for summary judgment on Counts 2 and 3 of the Second Amended Complaint.1 For reasons discussed more fully below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion and DENIES Defendants' motion.

I. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

These motions address a relatively small, but critical portion of an extended civil...

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