Legal Opinion
Narragansett Electric Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 6, 2005No. 04-1127PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The litigation at issue here is an outgrowth of an earlier action appealed to this court, see Commonwealth of Mass. v. Blackstone Valley Elec. Co., 67 F.3d 981 (1st Cir.1995), an environmental case in which we ordered a key question referred to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under the primary jurisdiction doctrine. Not liking the EPA’s response, the successor to the defendant in the initial action filed suit directly in this court, asserting that the courts of appeals have original jurisdiction under 33 U.S.C. § 1369(b), which grants direct…
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