Inverting the Law: Superfund Hazardous Waste Liability and Supreme Court Reversal of All Federal Courts
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review
Abstract
In its 2006-2007 term, the Supreme Court decided five environmental law cases, a significant amount to fall under one subject area. Of particular importance in the constellation of decisions was the Court's reversal of unanimous judicial precedent, announced unanimously in 2007 in United States v. Atlantic Research Corp. The Supreme Court explored the seldom visited issue of hazardous waste, having done so only once since the turn of the twenty-first century. There is more than meets the eye. This decision turned the legal liability for hazardous waste upside down, but is as noteworthy for enshrining a new era of "plain meaning" interpretation by the Roberts Court.
Last Page
633
DOI
722
Publication Date
4-2009
Recommended Citation
Steven Ferrey, Inverting the Law: Superfund Hazardous Waste Liability and Supreme Court Reversal of All Federal Courts, 33 Wm. & Mary Env't L. & Pol'y Rev. 633 (2009).
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