· 5/17/1989
Sierra Club v. Union Oil Co. of California
Citations
- 716 F. Supp. 429
- 19 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20963
- 29 ERC (BNA) 2009
- 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7163
- 1988 WL 159181
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- “this is the purpose behind the citizen enforcement provisions of the Clean Water Act—to ensure that our environmental laws are enforced even where a state or the federal government have not been diligent in their roles”
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