Clean Water Act Citizen Suits Held Limited To Ongoing Violations : Gwaltney of Smithfield v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Summarizes the Supreme Court ruling in Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, which held that the Clean Water Act citizen suit provision does not confer Federal court jurisdiction over wholly past violations of the Act, and analyzes some of its implications.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1988.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Jurisdiction. Actions and defenses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Summarizes the Supreme Court ruling in Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, which held that the Clean Water Act citizen suit provision does not confer Federal court jurisdiction over wholly past violations of the Act, and analyzes some of its implications.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.