CECOS INTERN., INC. v. JORLING

No. 38, Docket 89-7310.

895 F.2d 66 (1990)

CECOS INTERNATIONAL, INC., and Niagara Recycling, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas C. JORLING, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Defendants-Appellees, City of Niagara Falls, County of Niagara, Great Lakes United, LaSalle and Niagara Demand, Campaign to Save Niagara, Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier, and Society to Oppose Pollution in Towns, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Rather, Uniondale, N.Y. (Steven Brock, Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh, Uniondale, N.Y., of counsel, Barbara Guibord, Katten Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stuart Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of N.Y., New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty.Gen., State of N.Y., John J. Privitera, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Michael B. Gerrard, New York City (Philip Weinberg, Berle, Kass & Case, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-intervenors-appellees, City of Niagara Falls and County of Niagara.

Brent K. Olsson, New York City (Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, of counsel), filed letter brief for defendants-intervenors-appellees, Great Lakes United, LaSalle and Niagara Demand, Campaign to Save Niagara, Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier, and Soc. to Oppose Pollution in Towns.

Before KAUFMAN, CARDAMONE, and FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The present appeal involves, among other issues, a constitutional challenge to a newly amended state law governing the expansion of commercial hazardous waste facilities in New York. The expansion of such a facility arouses considerable public concern, as is evident from the number of citizens' organizations intervening in this litigation. It is a truism that producing today's modern goods creates a negative trade-off to the better life these...

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