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No. 439990
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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 Mining
No. 439990 · Decided November 5, 1984
No. 439990·Fourth Circuit · 1984·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
November 5, 1984
Citation
No. 439990
Disposition
See opinion text.
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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 Mining is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
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This case was decided on November 5, 1984.
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