ELR Citation: ELR 20804
No(s). s. 90-1341, -1517 (U.S. Apr 21, 1992)

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Congress has not waived the federal government's sovereign immunity from liability for civil fines imposed by a state for past violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Ohio sought both state ...