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Constitutional Resilience, Shannon M. Roesler
Constitutional Resilience, Shannon M. Roesler
Washington and Lee Law Review
Since the New Deal era, our system of constitutional governance has relied on expansive federal authority to regulate economic and social problems of national scale. Throughout the twentieth century, Congress passed ambitious federal statutes designed to address these problems. In doing so, it often enlisted states as regulatory partners—creating a system of shared governance that underpins major environmental statutes, such as the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act. These governance structures remain important today as we seek to adapt our laws and institutions to the serious disruptions of climate change. But recent Supreme Court decisions challenge this long-established …
This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Mined Land: Expanding Governmental Ownership Liability Under Cercla, Kiersten E. Holms
This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is Mined Land: Expanding Governmental Ownership Liability Under Cercla, Kiersten E. Holms
Washington and Lee Law Review
Part II of this Note begins by providing a brief overview of the background and goals of CERCLA. Part II also provides an examination of the issue of ownership liability under CERCLA and recounts the federal courts’ difficulty in applying ownership liability. Part II then describes how the federal government’s “bare legal title” argument arose out of the confusion surrounding ownership liability in CERCLA litigation. Part III moves on to examine the recent trend in CERCLA litigation rejecting the federal government’s bare legal title argument, thus holding the federal government liable as an owner based on its possession of legal …
International Paper Company V. Ouellette, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
International Paper Company V. Ouellette, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Ruckelshaus V. Monsanto Co., Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Ruckelshaus V. Monsanto Co., Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. V. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. V. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.