GARCIA v. CECOS INTERN., INC.

No. 84-1364.

761 F.2d 76 (1985)

Vincente Serrano GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CECOS INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro J. Saade Llorens, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Josefina Pantoja Oquendo, Armando Cardona Acaba, Bayamon, P.R., Luis Amauri Suarez Zayas, Hato Rey, P.R., Maria D. Olores Fernos, Jose E. Colon Santana, and Emmalind Garcia Garcia, Rio Piedras, P.R., were on brief for plaintiffs, appellants.

Leonardo Andrade Lugo, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Goldman & Antonetti, Santurce, P.R., was on brief for Cecos International, Inc.

Jesus R. Rabell-Mendez, San Juan, P.R., with whom Marta Quinones, Hato Rey, P.R., Arturo Diaz, Rio Piedras, P.R., and Cancio, Nadal & Rivera, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief for Municipality of Ponce.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.


WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case involves federal jurisdictional requirements for certain private citizens' suits in environmental litigation. We hold that the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901-6987 (1982), requires a citizen to give the Administrator actual notice of intent to sue at least sixty days before the filing of the complaint if the citizen wishes to bring action...

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