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· 10/5/1992

Supporters to Oppose Pollution, Inc. v. The Heritage Group

Citations

  • 973 F.2d 1320

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the exception to this rule does not extend to situations where the “claim-splitting flows from the plaintiff’s choice”
  • applying same standard under RCRA: “The statute does not require that the EPA succeed; it requires only that the EPA try, diligently.”
  • rejecting plaintiffs assertions that their definition of success must be the benchmark of diligent prosecution
  • “Additional knowledge about the loss from a tort does not authorize new suits.”
  • “Res judicata is a doctrine of defendant’s protection, not of plaintiff’s right.”
  • “Res judicata is a doctrine of defendant’s protection, not of plaintiff’s right.”

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Judges: Cummings, Flaum, Easterbrook

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