Legal Opinion
Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. Environmental Improvement Commission
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 4, 1973PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POMEROY, Justice.
In the period from about 1960 to 1973 peoples throughout the world have wakened to the awful truth that if man continues random destruction of his natural environment, his natural environment will ultimately destroy him.
This destruction of the environment is not confined to the land alone, or the sea alone or the air alone.
Inspired by this sudden consciousness of the perils of pollution, legislative bodies everywhere have passed legislation designed to diminish pollution of our environment. Our Maine Legislature has been in the forefront of those seeking to control, and where…
2Cases cited114 opinions
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Rideout v. RiendeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2000
- National Wood Preservers, Inc. v. Commonwealth Department of Environmental ResourcesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- In Re Maine Clean Fuels, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Rippett v. BemisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1996
- Swanson v. Roman Catholic Bishop of PortlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
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