Legal Opinion
Chico Service Station, Inc. v. Sol Puerto Rico Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 26, 2011No. 10-1200PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to assess the propriety of Burford abstention in a citizen suit under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). Appellants Chico Service Station, Inc. and José Chico brought the suit in an effort to force the cleanup of contamination caused by leaking underground storage tanks (“USTs”) at a former gasoline filling station. Their citizen suit represents the latest in a long-running series of proceedings aimed at addressing contamination at the site. In addition to an investigatory proceeding at the Puerto Rico Environmental…
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