Mining industry wins big in California!

I sent out a notice to everyone as soon as we found out that the Third Appellate in California issued a landmark Decision in support of small-scale mining. Then, after you guys directed an avalanche of letters to the Court, they further decided to formally publish their Decision. The Decision is full of legal reasoning which supports our arguments that the State does not have the authority to materially interfere with the commercial viability of mining on the public lands.

Our industry has been held down by unreasonable over-regulation for so long, it is going to take some time to absorb how far-reaching the implications are by this published Decision. As promised, I have explained some of my own reasoning in our October newsletter why the published Decision has completely turned our situation around. I have also dropped the "500-pound bomb," suggesting that the Third Appellate has inferred that dredgers do not need a permit from the State to operate a suction dredge if the State is refusing to issue them!

You can find it all right here:

http://www.goldgold.com/brandon-rinehart-wins-big-october-2014.html

PLP FILED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST SB 670 THE CA. DFG MORATORIUM ON SUCTION DREDGING AT 12 NOON ON JAN, 21, 2010. THE CASE WILL BE HEARD BEFORE JUDGE MORRISON C. ENGLAND IN COURT ROOM 7 OF THE FEDERAL EASTERN DISTRICT COURT ON FEB. 25, 2010 IN SACRAMENTO.

WITH ANY LUCK THE MORATORIUM SHOULD BE LIFTED BY THE END OF MARCH 2010 AND THE MINERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DREDGE AGAIN.

LAW OFFICES OF DAVID YOUNG David Young, Esq. (SBN 55341) 11150 Olympic Blvd., Suite 1050 Los Angeles, CA 90064 Telephone: (310) 575-0308 Facsimile: (310) 575-0311 E-mail: dyounglaw@verizon.net

Attorney for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE PEOPLE, INC., a California 501 C-3, non-profit corporation; GERALD E. HOBBS; PATRICK KEENE; KEENE ENGINEERING CO., INC., a California corporation; ROBERT HAIDUCK; TERRY STAPP; DEE STAPP; DAVID De COSTA; JAMES GREGORY LEE; MIKE HOLT; TODD BRACKEN; SHANNON POE; and DAVID RICHARD,

Plaintiffs, v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME; and DONALD KOCH, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME; and DOES 1-20,

Defendants.







CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2:09-CV-02566-MCE-EFB

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION



Date: February 25, 2010 Time: 2:00 P.M. Judge: Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr. Courtroom: 7

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