Legal Opinion
United States v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 7, 2010No. 08-6296PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J., joined by Siler, J.,
GILMAN, J. (p. 491), delivered a separate opinion concurring with the lead opinion’s analysis.
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
The district court in this case refused to approve a proposed settlement of a Clean Water Act suit brought by the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. The sticking point was a proposed civil penalty of $425,000 that the district court found could be better directed toward alleviating the conditions that violated the Clean Water Act. Such a concern by itself cannot support rejection of an otherwise proper…
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