Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Mattson v. Northwest Paper Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided April 16, 1971No. 5-70 Civ. 59, 5-70 Civ. 74PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEVILLE, District Judge.
The question here presented on defendants’ motions to dismiss is: Can plaintiff a private citizen who himself has suffered no property injury or damage other than as a member of the general public, and who alleges pollution of navigable waters by two manufacturing establishments or mills which discharge ‘‘refuse” into said waters bring a civil action qui tam, 1 to recover a portion of a criminal penalty, i. e., “a fine not exceeding $2,500 nor less than $500” enacted as the Refuse Act of 1899, a part of the original River and Harbor Act, 33 U.S.C. § 411 and providing…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Helvering v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. CoxCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Lipke v. LedererSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Alex Carl Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Connecticut Action Now, Inc. v. Roberts Plating Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Barcelo v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1979
- Parsell v. Shell Oil Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1976
- Frank R. Jacklovich, as Well for the United States of America as for Himself v. Interlake, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- In Re Guidant Corp. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2007
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