Maine People's Alliance & Natural Resources Defense Council v. Mallinckrodt, 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, under RCRA, “an imminent and substantial endangerment requires a reasonable prospect of a near-term threat of serious potential harm”
• holding that, under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), “an imminent and substantial endangerment (continued...
• recognizing “section 7002(a)(1)(B) applies to both solid waste and hazardous waste”
• discussing RCRA, and remarking that the district court “sensibly left open the possibility that primary jurisdiction concerns could arise in the future”
• endorsing the district court’s use of data to determine the specific risks associated with high mercury concentrations in river sediment
• noting that “at least four 25 of our sister circuits have construed [§ 6972(a)(1)(B)] expansively” and that “all four courts have 26 emphasized the preeminence of the word ‘may’ in defining the degree of risk needed to support [§ 27 6972(a)(1)(B)’s] liability standard”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).