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Global Warming As A Public Nuisance, Thomas W. Merrill
Global Warming As A Public Nuisance, Thomas W. Merrill
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On July 21, 2004, eight State Attorneys General and the City of New York brought suit in federal district court in the Southern District of New York, seeking to adjudicate the issue of global warming as a public nuisance. Six large electric power producers were named as defendants. The complaint filed in Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., as the action is styled, alleges that emissions of greenhouse gases from the defendants' plants, in particular carbon dioxide (C02), are contributing to global warming. Count I claims that these greenhouse gas emissions are an actionable public nuisance governed by federal …
The Story Of Vermont Yankee: A Cautionary Tale Of Judicial Review And Nuclear Waste, Gillian E. Metzger
The Story Of Vermont Yankee: A Cautionary Tale Of Judicial Review And Nuclear Waste, Gillian E. Metzger
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This Essay explores the puzzle of Vermont Yankee v. NRDC. Vermont Yankee stands as a definitive rejection of judicial efforts to control burgeoning informal rulemaking by adding to the procedural requirements contained in the Administrative Procedure Act. Yet judicial expansion of the APA's procedural requirements has continued apace, and the Court's simultaneous sanction of searching substantive scrutiny sits oddly with its excoriation of the D.C. Circuit for that court's perceived procedural excesses. To understand Vermont Yankee, the Essay puts the decision in its administrative and judicial context, exploring the case law and practical dilemmas facing administrators, advocates, and judges as …
United States Circuit Courts - Ninth Circuit: Fairhurst V. Hagener, Michael J. Graetz
United States Circuit Courts - Ninth Circuit: Fairhurst V. Hagener, Michael J. Graetz
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Fairhurst v. Hagener, 422 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2005) (holding pesticides discharged into navigable waters in compliance with FIFRA that leave no excess material after fulfilling their intended purpose, are not "pollutants" requiring an NPDES permit under the Clean Water Act).
United States Court Of Federal Claims: Walker V. United States, Michael J. Graetz
United States Court Of Federal Claims: Walker V. United States, Michael J. Graetz
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Walker v. United States, 69 Fed. Cl. 222, (Fed. Cl. 2005) (granting motion for reconsideration upon finding that water, access and forage rights were legally distinct from surface estate rights determined in a prior action).