BUREAU OF MINES v. GEORGE'S CREEK COAL AND LAND CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Lord, Deputy Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, and Warren K. Rich, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellants.

William Walsh, with whom were Walsh, Walsh & Reinhart and Stephen R. Pagenhardt on the brief, for appellees.

Amicus Curiae brief filed by Citizens Coalition on Surface Mining and The Maryland Conservation Council, Inc., Thomas B. Eastman on the brief.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES and LEVINE, JJ., and JERROLD V. POWERS and RICHARD P. GILBERT, Associate Judges of the Court of Special Appeals, specially assigned.