ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20100
No(s). 07-134 (D.R.I. Apr 25, 2013) (Smith, J.)

A district court held that community service having a value no more than $500,000 would be an appropriate sentence for a pipeline operator that stored liquid mercury at one of its facilities without a permit. Below, a trial court imposed an $18 million fine against the company, but the sentence was ...