Legal Opinion
United States v. David B. Fisher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 1988No. 87-2940PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from an order granting the Environmental Protection Agency access to David Fisher’s land presents procedural and substantive questions arising from the EPA’s efforts to enforce the latest episode in the Superfund saga — the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub.L. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613 (Oct. 17, 1986) (SARA), amending the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.
Fisher owns a 230-acre tract, mostly farmland (so we’ll call it “the farm”), in northern Indiana. Before 1980 he…
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