GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. JACKSON

Civil Action No. 00-2855 (JDB).

595 F.Supp.2d 8 (2009)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Lisa JACKSON, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips, Michael Dana Warden, Thomas G. Echikson, Sidley Austin LLP, Donald W. Fowler, Eric Gordon Lasker, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, DC, Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, for Plaintiff.

Catherine Wannamaker, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Hamilton Lynk, John David Gunter, II, Angeline Purdy, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

This case presents a broad constitutional attack on a significant federal environmental program. Plaintiff General Electric Company ("GE" or "plaintiff") challenges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") administration of section 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA" or "the Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. GE contends that...

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