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Cases / Briefs

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…

April 23, 2012 Cases / Briefs

FIA Card Services v. Weaver

Appeal of decision holding that courts are required to rubber-stamp arbitration awards, even where a consumer argues that he never agreed to arbitration. On appeal, Public Justice urged the Louisiana Supreme Court to reverse a decision holding that a court asked to enforce an arbitration award…

April 23, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Felts v. CLK Management, Inc.

In this case in which Public Justice is co-counsel on behalf of a class of New Mexico payday lending customers, the New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that, under state consumer protection laws, an Internet payday lender cannot compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s claims. In…

April 23, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co.

In 2002, the Erica P. John Fund, Inc., an investor in Halliburton Co., brought a putative securities fraud class action in Texas.  The complaint alleged that Halliburton deliberately falsified its financial results and tried to inflate stock prices by underestimating the company’s liability in an…

April 23, 2012 Cases / Briefs

Epps v. JPMorgan Chase

Public Justice was co-counsel in this successful appeal from a district court’s decision holding that federal banking law preempts a Maryland consumer protection statute. The Maryland statute guarantees that consumers whose cars are repossessed will be given accurate information about how much they owe. Public…

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