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Cases / Briefs

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth v. Rivenburgh

This case challenged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant a nationwide permit under the Clean Water Act to a surface mining operation in Kentucky that proposed to fill six miles of streams with mining waste. The district court’s ruling that the Corps…

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw

Our amici brief in Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw helped win a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the right of citizens to bring suits and enforce civil penalties against companies that violate the Clean Water Act.  Several environmental groups joined in our brief.

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Exxon Shipping Company v. Baker

Public Justice joined an amicus brief that urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Exxon’s bid to evade full punishment for the harms caused by the wreck of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989. A 1994 jury ordered Exxon…

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Environmental Action v. IR International, Inc.

We filed the first environmental citizen suit in the southern U.S. under the Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), against a Virginia manufacturer for failing to report toxic discharges.  The company agreed to comply with the law, reduce toxic chemical use…

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Ellis v. Gallatin Steel Company

Public Justice filed a citizen’s suit under the Clean Air Act to stop Gallatin and Harsco from sending fugitive dust from their slag dumping operations across their property line and onto the property of neighboring residents.  The suit triggered an EPA enforcement suit and consent…

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Carr v. El Dorado Chemical Company

We won a multi-media environmental citizen suit settlement forcing the El Dorado Chemical Company to comply with federal air, water, hazardous waste, and right to know laws.  The company also paid $165,000 for an environmental audit, a $50,000 penalty to the U.S. Treasury, and compensation…

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Bragg v. West Virginia Mining Association

In this case, coalfield residents in West Virginia challenged the largest mountaintop removal mine ever proposed in Appalachia.  In this case, coalfield residents in West Virginia challenged the largest mountaintop removal mine ever proposed in Appalachia.  Public Justice won a preliminary injunction against the mine,…

April 24, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Arkansas Wildlife Federation v. Hudson Foods, Inc.

In this case, we and the Arkansas Wildlife Federation won the largest Clean Water Act citizen suit settlement in Arkansas history.  Hudson Foods, Inc., one of the nation’s largest poultry companies, agreed to comply with the law, pay $50,000 to the U.S. Treasury, and pay…

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