New Orleans Backs Court’s ‘Removal’ Definition To Fight RCRA Citizen Suit

September 24, 2021
The city of New Orleans is disputing arguments from residents living on a Superfund site in the city who want further cleanup and who say a lower court wrongfully expanded EPA’s definition of Superfund “removal action” to block their litigation, with the city urging a federal appeals court to affirm dismissal of the lawsuit. The plaintiffs in Residents of Gordon Plaza, Inc. v. LaToya Cantrell, et al. have failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted...


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