Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Dover, City of

ELR Citation: ELR 20616
No(s). 77-387 (D. Del. Apr 26, 1978)

In consolidated cases brought by a railroad and a municipality, the court rules that a local ordinance regulating excessive noise has been preempted by the federal Noise Control Act of 1972 and is invalid. The federal statute explicitly preempts all local noise control measures which are not identic...