Legal Opinion
United States v. Cargill, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 12, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-135PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, Chief Judge.
In this case, the Court has had thrust upon it the conundrum of defining, in a particularly unusual and complicated situation, the respective roles of the state and federal governments in the enforcement of the Clean Water Act (the “Act”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. The Act is representative of the class of statutory pronouncements which, while recognizing and providing for Federal primacy in their implementation and enforcement, also create (or preserve) a significant role for the states and private citizens. Thus, the tensions inherent in a federal system are…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States (EPA) v. Environmental Waste Control, Inc.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1989
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Outboard Marine Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Abraham v. PekarskiDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Connecticut Coastal Fishermen's Ass'n v. Remington Arms Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1991
- United States v. SCM Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1985
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