Legal Opinion
Greene v. Costle
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided October 31, 1983No. 80-2630 HPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS
HORTON, District Judge.
N.T. Greene instituted this lawsuit pro se on behalf of himself and as spokesman for the Cypress Health And Safety Committee to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq. The complaint was filed on November 10, 1980. Mr. Greene seeks an order directing the EPA Administrator to show cause why the EPA has not enforced the Clean Water Act; a writ of mandamus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361 requiring the EPA to enforce…
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