ELR Citation: ELR 21026
No(s). CV 80-M-5300 (N.D. Ala. Aug 14, 1981)

In a suit seeking abatement of DDT discharges from a facility in which the pesticide was formerly manufactured, the court dismisses a water pollution claim based on the federal common law of nuisance in light of two recent Supreme Court decisions. The court rejects the United States' argument that t...