Legal Opinion
Connecticut Action Now, Inc. v. Roberts Plating Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 21, 1972No. 255, Docket 71-1674PublishedCited by 374 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge:
This is the eighth recorded attempt in the last year or two by environmentalists to have a federal court hold that private persons may sue in qui tam for fines under §§ 13 and 16 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. §§ 407, 411, even though the Department of Justice fails or refuses to proceed under those provisions. The previous decisions have all been adverse, 1 as was the ruling below of then Chief Judge Timbers for the District Court for the District of Connecticut. 330 F.Supp. 695 (D.Conn. 1971). The Department of Justice, which filed a brief amicus curiae at our…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by374 opinions
- Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
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- Stalley v. Methodist HealthcareCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- Hill v. DidioCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Burnette v. CarothersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
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