Union Electric Company V. EPA: Case Study

Plaintiffs assert that Defendants’ chemical land farming operation near their homes that are polluting the air violates Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 42 and Section 112 of the Clean Air Act. Plaintiffs contend that these human rights violations are demonstrated by the fact that, (1) the Defendants failed to operate their pollution control equipment and (2) the Defendants did not acquire a permit from the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to store hazardous waste in Alsen, Louisiana.

The citizen suit provision of the Clean Water Act is an important tool to protect and improve rivers, creeks, streams, and wetlands especially as state agencies may not have the resources to conduct regular water quality monitoring on every water body. Citizen involvement in monitoring and reporting pollution problems is key to watershed protection; hereby helping the government enforce the laws.

Anderson, et al v. Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Superior Court for the County of San Bernardino, Barstow Division, File BCV 00300 (1993)

This assignment is meant to explore the landmark Supreme Court decision Mapp v. Ohio. It is the purpose of the essay to examine the facts of the controversy, the arguments offered by the petitioner, and discuss as well the Supreme Court's ruling and its possible impact on precedent. The analysis will conclude with my commentary and opinion in regard to the Mapp decision.

1) What were the legal issues in this case? What did the appeals court decide?

This was appealed until it reached the Supreme Court for Muller's reasoning that the law passed by the state of Oregon was unconstitutional, therefore he should not have to pay the fine. Written in his brief, he states:

A landmark case in United States Law and the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States,

The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction, an equitable remedy, to prevent the state of California from enforcing its statute restricting carbon dioxide emissions.

Procedural History: The federal court refused to hear the case because it is in question whether or not

A1. Analyze the impact of New Jersey v. T.L.O. (469 US 325, 1985) by doing the following:

The Eighth Circuit of United States Court of Appeals did not apply the law correctly and the honorable Supreme Court shall rule in favor of the appellants .

1. I do not believe that the EPA could be justified on moral grounds because lives should not be valued at different dollar amounts. A life is a life, no matter how close to death a person is.

A Civil Action is based upon a true story that Jonathan Harr, a former staff writer of New England Monthly describes a case that in the legal system that is fascinating and compelling. The story of a impracticable quest by an idealistic young personal-Injury lawyer, whose aim was to prove that two conglomerates, Beatrice Foods and W.R Grace, allegedly polluted the water in Woburn ,Mass. a Boston suburb, with carcinogens. Jan had hoped that a victory would send a message to the boardrooms to America and felt that the culture of Leukemia in Woburn guaranteed his success. He never realized that he would be comforted with problems in the justice system.

In the case of Griggs v. Duke Power Company, 401 U.S. 424 (1971), the company chose to set employment standards in which the

Recently, there have been a series of meetings in Shelby County. These meetings have been covered extensively by local newspapers. These meetings come after the Missouri Public Service Commission granted approval for the project. The company that wants to build the line is Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI). Now that ATXI has approval from the state, they must now go to each county to get approval (assent) to cross the county roads. The line will run through 5 counties in Missouri, and all 5 are opposing the line. Shelby County recently became the first county to officially eject ATXI’s request for assent, after many meetings and heated discussions