Legal Opinion
North Carolina, Ex Rel. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 26, 2010No. 09-1623PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge SHEDD joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) appeals an injunction requiring immediate installation of emissions controls at four TVA electricity generating plants in Alabama and Tennessee. The injunction was based on the district court’s determination that the TVA plants’ emissions constitute a public nuisance in North Carolina. As a result, the court imposed specific emissions caps and emissions control technologies that must be completed by…
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