In 1969, John R. Sand & Gravel Co. (“JRS”) signed a 50 year lease for a 158-acre tract of land in Michigan. John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States, 457 F.3d 1345, (Fed. Cir. 2006) at 2. The lease provided JRS with the...
Tucker Act
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In 1978, Congress passed a law taxing coal exports from United States mines. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company v. United States, 473 F.3d 1373, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2007); 26 U.S.C. § 4121(a)(2). Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company, Gatliff Coal Company, and...