Legal Opinion
Hagedorn v. Union Carbide Corporation
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided August 24, 1973No. Civ. A. C-70-8-CPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
MAXWELL, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs charge that emissions from Union Carbide Corporation’s plant in Anmoore, West Virginia, are fouling the air in that community. The plaintiffs, who are residents of Anmoore, sued as individuals, as next friend for a minor daughter and on behalf of a class initially alleged to be all citizens of West Virginia. 1 Defendants are Union Carbide and various state and federal agen cies and officials allegedly responsible for combating air pollution.
Recent commentary on environmental law has prompted the Court, in keeping with Rule 12(h)(3),…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Strawbridge v. CurtissSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Lindsey v. NormetSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bruner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by10 opinions
- 13 Fair empl.prac.cas. 868, 12 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,208 Westinghouse Electric Corp. And Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Company v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Intervenor-Defendants. Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Co. v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Co. v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Westinghouse Electric Corp. And Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Company v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Intervenors-Appellants. Westinghouse Electric Corp. And Its Subsidiary, Fraser & Johnston Company v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, Concerned Workers, Defendant-Intervenors. United States Steel Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, United States Steel Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, General Motors Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of Defense, General Motors Corporation v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary, U. S. Department of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Federal Employees for Non-Smokers' Rights v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1978
- City of Highland Park v. TrainDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1974
- Gasper v. Louisiana Stadium & Exposition DistrictDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1976
- Township of Long Beach v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1978
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