Weekly Cases Update Volume 47, Issue 5

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Volume 47, Issue 10

Citizens Development Corp., Inc. v. San Diego, County of
ELR 2005112CV0334 GPC KSC(S.D. Cal., )

A district court held that cow manure can be a hazardous substance under CERCLA. A citizen group sued a dairy farm for its part in contaminating Lake San Marcos. The dairy farm moved for judgment on the pleadings on the grounds that no actionable hazardous release was claimed.

Keywords:
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Board of Water Works Trustees v. Sac County Board of Supervisors
ELR 20042C15-4020-LTS(N.D. Iowa, )

A district court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment in a case involving a city utility's suit against an upstream drainage district over excess nitrate pollution in the utility's water source.

Keywords:
Water (generally)

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