Legal Opinion
Whitehouse v. LaRoche
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 17, 2002No. 00-1127PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal by the Rhode Island Attorney General and the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management challenges various rulings which prompted the district court to hold that appellee David LaRoche’s obligations to the State of Rhode Island, for its costs in remediating water contamination on property owned by LaRoche and for related civil penalties, were expunged by the chapter 7 discharge subsequently obtained by LaRoche. We vacate and remand, with directions that judgment enter for appellants.
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BACKGROUND
In 1988, appellants joined in citizen…
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