Legal Opinion
Dow Chemical Co. v. Costle
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided January 23, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-581PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, Chief Judge.
Once again this Court finds itself spending an inordinate amount of time wading through a legal quagmire in order to determine whether it has jurisdiction to entertain the underlying controversy between the parties to this action. This time the legal confusion arises from the jurisdictional provisions of the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”), 15 U.S.C. § 2618. These provisions have evidently never been construed by a court of law before.
I. Background
Section 6(e) of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. § 2605(e), imposes a statutory ban on the manufacture, processing or distribution…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- The Dow Chemical Company v. United States Environmental Protection Agency and Douglas Costle, AdministratorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- West Penn Power Company, a Corporation v. Russell Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of Theunited States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Utah Power & Light Company v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Environmental Defense Fund v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United Parcel Service, Inc. v. United States Postal ServiceDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1981
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. SachsDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1986
- SED, INC. v. City of DaytonDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1981
- Walker v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1992