GARDESKI v. COLONIAL SAND & STONE CO., INC.

No. 79 Civ. 1554.

501 F.Supp. 1159 (1980)

Joseph GARDESKI, Hazel Gardeski, Vincent J. LaRocca, Michael Celuch, Louis J. Clausi, Joseph J. Tiano, Russell J. Costello, Thomas Mottsey, Acker Bus Lines, Inc., Edward Acker, Lucille Acker, Steven Gardeski, Helen Gardeski, Margaret Carpino, Dominic Tiano, Thomas Carpino, Richard Carpino, Stanley Gardeski, Louis Gardeski, Eva Clausi, Rose Tripoli, Chris Lindhurst, Frank D. Rittie, John Pirigyi, Leo Stopczynski, Margaret Chellemo, Theresa Ferrendino, Frank Costello, Clyde Robbins, Stanley Szynansky, Vernon J. Lewis, Jennie Lewis, Anthony Alecca, Jr., Margaret Alecca, Paul Natale, Leslie D. Elliott, George W. Acker, Paul E. Smith, Gloria Guido, Anthony Guido, Russell R. Mottsey, Emil LaRocca, Frances LaRocca, John A. Iconelli and Anna Denter, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. COLONIAL SAND & STONE CO., INC., Hudson Cement Corp., Strelene Realty Corporation and Independent Cement Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

November 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Orseck, Liberty, N. Y., for plaintiffs.

DeGraff, Foy, Conway, Holt-Harris & Mealey, Albany, N. Y., for defendant, Independent Cement Corp., by Michael J. Cunningham, Albany, N. Y.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendants Colonial Sand & Stone Co., Inc., Hudson Cement Corp. and Strelene Realty Corp., by Robert L. Laufer, Neal Johnston, New York City.


OPINION

SOFAER, District Judge:

This is a citizens' suit brought to enforce the anti-pollution standards of the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7401-7626 (Supp.1979). Plaintiffs are forty-five persons who live, work, or own businesses or real property in the vicinity of a cement plant located in East Kingston, New York. They allege that the plant has operated since 1976 in violation of the emission standards of both the Clean Air Act and...

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