Connor v. Wainwright

How courts have described this case

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• explaining need for flexibility in weighing substantive fairness, particularly when the available information is “ambiguous, incomplete, or inscrutable”
• “[Wjhat constitutes the best measure of comparative fault at a particular Superfund site under particular factual circumstances should be left largely to the EPA’s expertise.”
• respect for agency's role is heightened where \the cards are dealt face up\ and parties with conflicting interests \hammer out an agreement at arm's length\
• \The doubly required deference... places a heavy burden on those who purpose to upset a trial judge's approval of a consent decree.\
• respect for agency’s role is heightened where “the cards are dealt face up” and parties with conflicting interests “hammer out an agreement at arm’s length”
• “Reasonableness, fairness, and fidelity to the statute are ... the horses which district judges must ride.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).