Long Island Lighting Co. v. Suffolk, County of

ELR Citation: ELR 20631
No(s). s. CV 86-0174, -0355 (E.D.N.Y. Feb 10, 1986)

The court holds that the Atomic Energy Act preempts a county law criminalizing participation in emergency response tests involving simulation of local government roles. The Suffolk County law, the latest chapter in the protracted struggle over the future of the Shoreham nuclear facility in New York,...