CHICO SERVICE STATION, INC. v. SOL PUERTO RICO

No. 10-1200.

633 F.3d 20 (2011)

CHICO SERVICE STATION, INC. and José Chico, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SOL PUERTO RICO LIMITED, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orlando Cabrera-Rodriguez , for appellants.

Alejandro J. Cepeda-Díaz , with whom José R. González-Irizarry , Mariana S. Pérez-Cordero , and McConnell Valdés LLC were on brief, for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, LEVAL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to assess the propriety of Burford abstention in a citizen suit under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"). Appellants Chico Service Station, Inc. and José Chico brought the suit in an effort to force the cleanup of contamination caused by leaking underground storage tanks ("USTs") at a former gasoline filling station. Their citizen suit represents the latest in a long-running series...

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