Legal Opinion
87th Street Owners Corp. v. Carnegie Hill-87th Street Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 9, 2002No. 00 Civ. 6016(GEL)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LYNCH, District Judge.
Plaintiff and defendant own two adjoining buildings on East 87th Street in Manhattan. The present dispute concerns the presence of oil in the ground under plaintiffs building. Plaintiff claims that the oil comes from a storage tank on defendant’s property, and “may present an imminent and substantial endangerment to health or the environment,” within the meaning of the Resource Conservation and Recovery-Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6972(a)(1)(B); accordingly, it brings this action for abatement of the danger under RCRA and for damages under state tort law.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Scotto v. AlmenasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
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