Interfaith Community Organization Inc. v. PPG Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over RCRA claims and that abstention is inappropriate under both the primary jurisdiction and Buiford abstention doctrines
• “New Jersey and federal res judicata have [the] same elements.” (citing Watkins v. Resorts Int’l Hotel & Casino, Inc., 591 A.2d 592, 599 (N.J. 1991))
• “The DEP’s general discretion with regard to environmental matters in this state does not circumscribe citizen suits authorized by Congress.”
• “The questions before this Court arise under the language of the RCRA, a statute which the DEP has no discretion to interpret.”
• “The DEP’s general discretion with regard to environmental matters in this state does not circumscribe citizen suits authorized by Congress.”
• “The mere fact that a state agency has taken some action on the waste at issue here does not make this Court’s subsequent involvement a disruptive intrusion into the state’s capacity to create a coherent policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).