ELR Citation: ELR 20603
No(s). 99-5153 (Fed. Cir. May 2, 2001)

The court holds that the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI's) suspension of a mining company's permits did not constitute a taking in violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The company acquired permits to conduct coal mining on property in Tennessee. After the company mined for...