Legal Opinion
Exxon Co., U.S.A. v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided March 23, 1983No. 01-82-0125-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PRICE, Justice.
This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of air pollution under the provisions of Article 4477-5b of Vernon’s Ann. Civ.Stat. The evidence was presented to the trial court by way of an agreed stipulation.
Punishment was a $1,000.00 fine.
This prosecution was initiated by a complaint signed by A.R. Peirce, the director of the Harris County Pollution Control Department. The pollutant was a catalytic dust released into the air from the Exxon refinery located in Baytown, Texas on February 27, 1981. This dust settled over a wide area of Baytown, interfering with other…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Ex Parte RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Ex Parte ChernoskyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1949
- American Plant Food Corp. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Meat Producers, Inc. v. McFarlandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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