Legal Opinion
United States v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided April 30, 1982No. CIV-79-989CPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
This is an environmental lawsuit filed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in December 1979 against the defendant, Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corporation [Hooker]. 1 A settlement agreement and a proposed judgment approving the settlement was lodged with the Clerk of the Court on January 19,1981. At this time, the court must decide whether the agreement should be approved.
II. The Landfill Site
The Hyde Park Landfill occupies approximately 15 acres in the northwest corner of the Town of Niagara, New York. It is surrounded primarily by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,547 Arthur Newman v. Howard M. Stein, and Morrie Benson and Rose Lerman, Objectants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Friends of the Earth v. Hugh CareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by55 opinions
- United States v. Conservation Chemical Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1985
- Askey v. Occidental Chemical Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- United States v. Cannons Engineering Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- City of New York v. Exxon Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- United States v. Conservation Chemical Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1986
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