Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. Delaware Audubon Society v. Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 20, 1990No. 89-3684PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a citizen suit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and the Delaware Audubon Society (collectively referred to hereafter as “the NRDC”) under § 505 of the Clean Water Act (“the Act”), 33 U.S.C. § 1365 (1982 and Supp. Ill), alleging that Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc. (“Texaco”) illegally discharged effluent into the Delaware River at its Delaware City refinery. After considering motions for summary judgment by both parties, the district court granted the NRDC’s motion on the issue of liability and issued…
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