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BRAGG v. W. VIRGINIA COAL ASSOC., 99-2443, 99-2445, 99-2446, 99-2447, 99-2448, 99-2683, 00-1338, 00-1339

Because the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars the citizens from bringing their claims against an official of West Virginia in federal court, the district court should not have enjoined West Virginia from issuing further permits that authorize dumping of mountain rock within 100 feet of intermittent and perennial streams.

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  • Decided 04/25/2001
  • Published 04/25/2001

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  • United States Fourth Circuit

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