· 8/30/1985
Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. AT & T Bell Laboratories
Citations
- 617 F. Supp. 1190
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- \[T]o hold that citizen suits alone are barred from seeking civil penalties for past violations would thwart the goal of uniformity in enforcement.\
- fact that Middlesex court viewed citizens as “private attorneys general” under the Act, “suggest[s] that Congress intended citizens to step into the shoes of government agencies that failed to act”
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Judges: Stern
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