Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Department of the Interior

ELR Citation: ELR 20240
No(s). 85-2206 (4th Cir. Aug 27, 1986)

The court holds that a district court lacked jurisdiction to hold that a regulation issued under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act exceeded the Secretary of the Interior's statutory authority, since this constitutes an attack on the validity of the regulation that must be brought in the...