Legal Opinion
Committee for Consideration of Jones Falls Sewage System v. Train
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1976No. 74-2076PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
The question is whether there is a body of federal common law conferring rights upon private citizens to enjoin intra-state stream pollution which is not enjoinable under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. 33 U.S.C.A. § 1251 et seq. We hold there is not.
Jones Falls Stream, which flows into the Patapsco River and thence into Baltimore Harbor, from time to time is polluted by untreated sewage flowing over the weir of the Jones Falls Sewage System treatment plant.
A group of citizens living near Jones Falls Stream or frequenting its banks joined as…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Illinois v. City of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Georgia v. Tennesssee Copper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- The State of Texas v. Reuben Pankey, Jim Brown, Marcus Burks, W. F. Martin, Frank Sauble, T. L. Roach, Carl Hennegan and Dewey GannCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Omaha Indian Tribe v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. SOLVENTS RECOVERY SERV., ETC.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1980
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