ELR Citation: ELR 20128
No(s). 86-02-CIV-2 (E.D.N.C. Sep 18, 1986)

The court rules that §6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) does not waive the federal government's sovereign immunity to civil penalties imposed by states. The court initially notes that the United States cannot be sued without its consent, that any waiver of consent must be cl...