Sierra Club Urges Court To Ignore DOJ Objection Over Air Law Citizen Suit

August 7, 2020
The Sierra Club is seeking to avoid a fight with the Justice Department (DOJ) over the scope of relief that can be negotiated in citizen enforcement suits, urging a federal court to either enter its agreement in a Clean Air Act suit over DOJ’s objections or to dismiss the group’s motion to enter the pact and allow it to proceed as a private settlement. Either option would reject DOJ’s effort to secure a first-time court ruling that citizen suit settlements...


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