Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.

ELR Citation: ELR 21444
No(s). 97-1246 (4th Cir. Jul 16, 1998)

The court vacates on mootness grounds a district court award of civil penalties in environmental groups' citizen suit against a company for Federal Water Pollution Control Act national pollution discharge elimination system violations. The groups appealed as inadequate the district court penalty det...