United States v. Whitney Benefits, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• holding that the inclusion of a formula for determining just compensation in legislation restricting surface mining rights does not preclude court from finding a legislative taking
• Fifth Amendment Takings Clause applies to "property interests of whatever specie — realty, personalty, or intellectual”
• appeal of Daily and Figge's criminal conviction for conspiring to commit wire fraud and submitting false statements as to matters within the jurisdiction of a federal agency
• denial of mining permit would not fix cause of action because statute forbid coal mining “from its very inception”