Bragg v. Moore
| Decision Date | 07 December 2000 |
| Docket Number | No. 00-1339,No. 99-2448,No. 99-2447,MINGO-LOGAN,No. 99-2443,No. 99-2446,No. 00-1338,No. 99-2445,No. 99-2683,99-2443,99-2445,99-2446,99-2447,99-2448,99-2683,00-1338,00-1339 |
| Citation | 248 F.3d 275 |
| Parties | (4th Cir. 2001) PATRICIA BRAGG; JAMES W. WEEKLEY; SIBBY R. WEEKLEY; WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY; CARLOS GORE; LINDA GORE; CHERYL PRICE; JERRY METHENA, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and TOMMY MOORE; VICTORIA MOORE, Plaintiffs, v. WEST VIRGINIA COAL ASSOCIATION;WEST VIRGINIA MINING AND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION, Intervenors/DefendantsAppellants, and DANA ROBERTSON, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District; JOE N. BALLARD, Lieutenant General, Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; MICHAEL D. GHEEN, Chief to the Regulatory Branch, Operations and Readiness Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District; MICHAEL C. CASTLE, Director, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection, Defendants, and HOBET MINING, INCORPORATED; CATENARY COAL COMPANY; MINGOLOGAN COAL COMPANY; WESTERN POCAHONTAS PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF COAL LESSORS, INCORPORATED; INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, Intervenors/Defendants. NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION; AEI RESOURCES, INC.; WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION; ALLIED EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION; INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT COMMISSION; COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; FRIENDS OF THE EARTH; KENTUCKY RESOURCES COUNCIL, INC., Amici Curiae. PATRICIA BRAGG; JAMES W. WEEKLEY; SIBBY R. WEEKLEY; WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY; CARLOS GORE; LINDA GORE; CHERYL PRICE; JERRY METHENA, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and TOMMY MOORE; VICTORIA MOORE, Plaintiffs, v. WESTERN POCAHONTAS PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF COAL LESSORS, INCORPORATED, Intervenors/DefendantsAppellants, and DANA ROBERTSON, Colonel, District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District; 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 Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District; MICHAEL C. CASTLE, Director, West V |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit |
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