Lacks v. City of New York

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• recognizing 12 courts’ “broad discretion to fashion an appropriate abatement injunction”
• explaining that, “[s]ince laches is an equitable defense, it could not be asserted 23 against the government, even if it were not barred by Civil Code section 3490, because 24 such an application would defeat a public policy aimed at protecting the public” from 25 public nuisances
• “While the trial court’s order in this case may be unusual in 23 requiring defendants to prefund remediation costs, it was well within the court’s discretion.”

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