 A 1999 lawsuit brought by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, "Bragg v. Robertson" was the first successful citizen lawsuit to stop Arch's proposed mountaintop removal valley fill.The fill would have buried several miles of stream at Pigeon Roost Hollow near Blair, West Virginia.In his ruling for the plaintiffs, Judge Charles H. Haden stated that "If there is any life form that cannot acclimate to life deep in a rubble pile, it is eliminated.