ELR Citation: ELR 20818
No(s). A-221-73 Cr (D. Alaska Apr 29, 1974)

The court holds that the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 waived sovereign immunity as to civil suits but not as to criminal prosecutions, and dismisses a criminal action against four employees of a federal railroad for violating a clean air ordinance by burning a number of telephone poles. The cour...