Legal Opinion
Long Island Lighting Co. v. County of Suffolk
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 10, 1986No. CV 86-0174, CV 86-0355PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEXLER, District Judge.
This case is the most recent chapter in a protracted struggle over the future of the nuclear electricity generating facility owned by the Long Island Lighting Company (“LILCO”) located in Shoreham, New York (the “Shoreham facility”). LILCO and the United States brought these actions against defendants Suffolk County (the “County”) and Peter Cohalan, the Suffolk County Executive, in connection with the County Legislature’s recent enactment of Local Law 2-86, a statute that criminalizes participation in a test involving simulation of local government…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jones v. Rath Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by9 opinions
- County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1989
- Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC v. ShumlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
- Long Island Lighting Co. v. CuomoDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1987
- Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC v. ShumlinDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 2012
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