Legal Opinion
Concerned Citizens of Bushkill Township v. Costle
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 1, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-3683, 77-3684PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
These consolidated cases were filed on October 26, 1977, invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under 28 U.S.C., §§ 1331 and 2201, to challenge a sewer grant made in February, 1977, by the Environmental Protection Agency, hereinafter sometimes called EPA, to the Bushkill-Lower Lehigh Joint Sewer Authority, hereinafter sometimes called the Sewer Authority, for the purpose of constructing a system of interceptor sewers in Northampton County, which sewers would discharge into the sewage treatment plant of the City of Easton.
The cases were filed by citizens groups…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Dugan v. RankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. ShawSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Fairview Township v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority v. Regional AdministratorDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1985
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