Octocom Systems Inc. v. Houston Computer Services Inc‪.‬

Appeal from a judgment of the United States Claims Court (Smith, C.J.) that the United States (government) took a mineral estate (Whitney coal) from Whitney Benefits, Inc. and Peter Kiewit Sons Co. (PKS) (collectively Benefits) upon enactment of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 et seq. (SMCRA), and requiring payment of $60,000,000, plus interest to Benefits. We affirm.