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· 4/4/1986

Connecticut Fund for the Environment v. Contract Plating Co.

Citations

  • 631 F. Supp. 1291
  • 24 ERC 1902
  • 16 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20667
  • 24 ERC (BNA) 1902
  • 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27160

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding diligence where there was no procedural dereliction and enforcement action yielded settlement
  • “[T]he court must presume the diligence of the state’s prosecution of a defendant absent persuasive evidence that the state has engaged in a pattern of conduct that could be considered dilatory, collusive, or otherwise in bad faith.”
  • “[T]he court must presume the diligence of the state’s prosecution of a defendant absent persuasive evidence that the state has engaged in a pattern of conduct that could be considered dilatory, collusive, or otherwise in bad faith.”
  • “In most cases, the court may rely primarily on a comparison of the pleadings filed in the two actions to determine whether the state and the citizen plaintiffs seek to require compliance with the [same] standard, order or limitation.”
  • “The court must presume the diligence of the state’s prosecution of a defendant absent persuasive evidence that the state has engaged in a pattern of conduct in its prosecution of the defendant that could be considered dilatory, collusive or otherwise in bad faith.”

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Judges: Jos㉠A. Cabranes

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