Legal Opinion
Costle v. Pacific Legal Foundation
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 12, 1980No. 78-1472PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case, in a sense, is a tale of a great city’s — and the Nation’s — basic problems in disposing of human waste. “How” and “where” are the ultimate questions, and they are intertwined. The issues presently before the Court, however, center in the administrative processes by which the city and the Nation seek to resolve those basic problems.
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Respondent city of Los Angeles owns and operates the Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant located in Playa Del Rey, Cal. Since 1960, the Hyperion plant has processed most of the city’s sewage, and has discharged the wastes through three “outfalls”…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by92 opinions
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