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IN RE A COMMUNITY VOICE

No. 16-72816.

878 F.3d 779 (2017)

IN RE A COMMUNITY VOICE; California Communities Against Toxics; Healthy Homes Collaborative; New Jersey Citizen Action; New York City Coalition To End Lead Poisoning; Sierra Club; United Parents Against Lead National; We Act for Environmental Justice. A Community Voice; California Communities Against Toxics; Healthy Homes Collaborative; New Jersey Citizen Action; New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning; Sierra Club; United Parents Against Lead National; We Act for Environmental Justice, Petitioners, v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 27, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hannah Chang (argued), Eve C. Gartner , and Jonathan J. Smith , Earthjustice, New York, New York, for Petitioners.

Rochelle L. Russell (argued), Trial Attorney, Environment Defense Section; John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General, Environment & Natural Resources Division; United States Department of Justice, San Francisco, California; for Respondent.

Dissent by Judge N.R. Smith

OPINION

INTRODUCTION

This case is about the hazards of lead paint in home environments that have been found by scientists to be more dangerous to childrens' health than earlier supposed. It is an action in the form of an original petition for writ of mandamus to compel the Environmental Protection Agency...

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