Ironbound Health Rights Advisory Comm'n v. Diamond Shamrock Chem. Co.
ELR Citation: ELR 20887 No(s). A-2793-85T5 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Mar 23, 1987)
The court holds that the New Jersey Environmental Rights Act does not authorize citizen suits to compel the state to undertake a discretionary function. Rather, the statute enables a citizen to maintain a suit against a person, including the state, who has violated state pollution control laws. A ju...