Legal Opinion
New York v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 8, 1991No. Nos. 1511 to 1513, Dockets 91-6031, 91-6033 and 91-6035PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Con. G. Cholakis, Judge), dismissing a civil complaint seeking declaratory relief. 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202. The district court found that the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, 42 U.S.C. § 2021b-2021j, was not an impermissible affront to state sovereign immunity protected under the Tenth Amendment, and that, absent unequal treatment accorded to the State of New York or a defect in the federal political process,…
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