Sierra Club v. SCM Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20260
No(s). CIV-82-1076T (W.D.N.Y. Mar 1, 1984)

The court rules that to have standing under the §505 citizen suit provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, a plaintiff must demonstrate a more specific injury-in-fact than mere concern about pollution or residence near a polluter. The court first rules that Congress did not eliminate t...