Legal Opinion
United States v. Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1999No. 97-2709PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Judge ANDERSON joined.
OPINION
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (“Smithfield”) appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States finding Smith-field liable for multiple Clean Water Act violations. Smithfield also challenges the court’s imposition of a corresponding $12.6 million civil penalty.
Smithfield alleges that the court committed two errors with respect to liability. First, Smithfield claims that the district court…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Tull v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Atlantic States Legal Foundation, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Sierra Club v. Simkins Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by30 opinions
- State Water Control Board v. Smithfield Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2001
- McDonough v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- United States v. Allegheny Ludlum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- Sierra Club v. U.S. Army Corps of EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2018
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