ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
WHEELABRATOR TECHNOLOGIES INC. and Westchester Resco Company, L.P., Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 21, 1989.
November 21, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., New York City (Michael E. Herz, of counsel), Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Karen Florini, and Kathie A. Stein, of counsel), for plaintiff.
Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City (John G. Koeltl, Daniel G. Murphy, and Terry E. Thornton, of counsel), Beveridge & Diamond, Washington, D.C. (Harold Himmelman, Karl S. Bourdeau, and David M. Friedland, of counsel), Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Joseph A. Katarincic, of counsel), for defendants.
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York City (Herbert Semmel, of counsel), amicus curiae for the American Public Health Ass'n.
District Council 37, New York City (Joel Giller, and Leonard Shrier, of counsel), amicus curiae, for American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees.
Nitkin, Alkalay, Handler, Robbins & Korn, New York City (Henry Korn, of counsel), Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C. (Ridgway M. Hall, Jr., Robert C. Davis, Jr., and B. Michael Hodge, of counsel), amicus curiae, for Tricil, Inc.
Rosenman & Colin, New York City (Marvin R. Lange, of counsel), amicus curiae for County of Westchester.
Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, New York City (Marc S. Gerstman, of counsel), amicus curiae for New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation.
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City (David L. Wong, of counsel), National Solid Wastes Management Ass'n, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C. (Bruce J. Parker, of counsel), amicus curiae for The Institute of Resource Recovery.
Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, New York City (Frank H. Penski, Philip F. Cronin, Jr., Richard M. Cogen, and Dexter Ewel, of counsel), The United States Conference of Mayors, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C. (Gerard L. Lederer, of counsel), amicus curiae for The U.S. Conference of Mayors and The National Resource Recovery Ass'n.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
This important environmental case raises issues of the proper construction of a federal statute governing hazardous waste, and defendants' compliance with the statutory and regulatory scheme.
The case is now before the Court on defendants' motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Fed.R.Civ.P., or in the alternative, for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56(b), and plaintiff's cross-motion for...
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