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· 12/4/1996

East Bay Municipal Utility District v. United States Department of Commerce

Citations

  • 948 F. Supp. 78
  • 27 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20643
  • 43 ERC (BNA) 1918
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18461
  • 1996 WL 718193

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that the production of zinc was “the result of a consensual, contractual agreement” between the mine and Metals Reserve Company
  • suggesting that the direct hiring, firing, or disciplining of the mine’s workforce is required
  • discussing Bunker Hill in which a parent company controlled the subsidiary’s'Board of Directors and only allocated $ 500 to be spent on pollution abatement
  • “Congress cannot have intended that any type of societal benefit realized by government regulation expose the government to liability.”

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Judges: Kessler

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