UNITED STATES of America, the State of New York, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
HOOKER CHEMICALS & PLASTICS CORP., Hooker Chemical Corp., Occidental Petroleum Investment Co., Occidental Petroleum Corp. & City of Niagara Falls, N.Y. ("S"-Area Landfill), Defendants,
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., City of Niagara Falls, New York, Defendants-Appellees,
Niagara Environmental Action, Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier, Inc., Pollution Probe Foundation, and Operation Clean Niagara, by its President, Margherita Howe, Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 24, 1984.
Decided November 15, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Beryl Kuder, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. N.Y., and Eileen Ordover, Law Student Intern, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee, the State of N.Y.
Joel E. Schweitzer, Niagara Falls, N.Y., Gellman, Brydges, Schrof & Schweitzer, Niagara Falls, N.Y., for defendant-appellee, City of Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Howard R. Berman, Cambridge, Mass., Barbara Morrison, Buffalo, N.Y., for appellants, Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier, Inc., Pollution Probe Foundation, and Operation Clean Niagara.
Robert J. Sugarman, Philadelphia, Pa., Sugarman, Denworth & Hellegers, Philadelphia, Pa., Lewis Steele and John E. Galeziowski, Buffalo, N.Y., for appellant Niagara Environmental Action.
George Berger, New York City, Louis Nizer, Martin H. Wasser, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, Thomas H. Truitt, William R. Weissman, Donna Brown Grossman, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., David K. Floyd, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, N.Y., for defendants, Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp., Hooker Chemical Corp., Occidental Petroleum Inv. Co. and Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Lloyd S. Guerci, Asst. Chief of the Environmental Enforcement Section, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Salvatore R. Martoche, U.S. Atty., Buffalo, N.Y., Dirk D. Snel and Wendy B. Jacobs, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee, U.S.
Before FRIENDLY, MESKILL and PIERCE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are four environmental organizations. Two, the Ecumenical Task Force ("ETF") and Niagara Environmental Action ("NEA") are New York organizations; many members of ETF and all members of NEA are directly affected by industrial pollution of the Niagara River. The two others, Pollution Probe Foundation ("PPF") and Operation Clean Niagara ("OCN") are Canadian organizations; many members of PPF and all members of OCN live in the Niagara...
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