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KLEPPE v. DELTA MINING, INC.

No. 74-521.

423 U.S. 403 (1976)

96 S.Ct. 816

46 L.Ed.2d 591

KLEPPE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR v. DELTA MINING, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Randolph argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Acting Assistant Attorney General Jaffe, Harriet S. Shapiro, Leonard Schaitman, and Michael Kimmel.

Fred Blackwell argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents. John L. Kilcullen filed a reply brief for respondent Mears et al.*

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari in this case and consolidated it for argument with No. 73-2066, National Independent Coal Operators' Assn. v. Kleppe, ante, p. 388, decided today, to resolve an apparent conflict between the two Circuits.

In 1971 and January 1972 inspectors from the Bureau of Mines entered and inspected the coal mines owned respectively...

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