TEXANS UNITED FOR A SAFE ECONOMY v. CROWN CENT.

No. 98-21043.

207 F.3d 789 (2000)

TEXANS UNITED FOR A SAFE ECONOMY EDUCATION FUND; Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.; The Sierra Club; Ranford Denoon; Ron Van Osdol, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Caddell, Joe Phillips, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX, James Millard Hecker (argued), Mark Wenzler, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

Louis S. Zimmerman (argued), Marcy Hogan Greer, Lyn Elizabeth-Raue Dean, Fulbright & Jaworski, Austin, TX, for Crown Cent. Petroleum Corp.

Robert E. Maher, Jr. (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, for United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Two individuals and three environmental organizations (collectively "Texans United") brought this citizens suit under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401, et seq., seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, civil penalties and costs against Crown Central Petroleum Corporation ("Crown") for violations of emission standards for hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide that occurred at its Pasadena, Texas refinery. The district...

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