Read COX v. CITY OF DALLAS TEXAS, 99-11029

Even though the defendant stopped adding pollutants to an unlawful dump in 1972 and Congress did not enact the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 USC 6901 et seq., section 6972(a)(1)(B) until 1976, the act applies to both past and present acts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2001
• Published 06/26/2001

Judges

• KING, Chief Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, PARKER, Circuit Judge, and FURGESON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael M. Daniel (argued), Laura Beth Beshara, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs., Ronald D. Stutes, Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, LeRoy Lewis DeNooyer (argued), Dallas, TX, for City of Dallas, Texas., Sherry Lynn Peel, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Saitas.