Legal Opinion
Maine People's Alliance & Natural Resources Defense Council v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 2006No. 05-2331PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In the teeth of two decades of contrary precedent from four circuits, defendant-appellant Mallinckrodt, Inc. asks us to restrict the role of private citizens in the abatement of imminent and substantial threats to the environment and public health. In support of this entreaty, Mal-linckrodt presents a gallimaufry of new, hitherto unconsidered arguments. After careful consideration of this asseverational array, we conclude that our sister circuits have adroitly distilled the meaning of section 7002(a)(1)(B) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. §…
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