ELR Citation: ELR 20489
No(s). 81-255-Orl-Civ-R (M.D. Fla. Mar 28, 1983)

The court rules that a jury trial is unavailable to a defendant facing civil penalties under §309 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The court finds no support for granting a jury trial in the Act's legislative history, and finds the civil penalty to be in the nature of a deterrent to stat...