How cited: Shanty Town Associates Limited Partnership v. Environmental Protection Agency · Go Syfert

Shanty Town Associates Limited Partnership v. Environmental Protection Agency (1988)

green · 64 citation events across 20 courts. Showing the 8 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
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Quote Authority · SCOTUS · 2 citations in this opinion
P. v. EPA , 843 F.2d 782 , 791 (C.A.4 1988) ("[T]he control of non[-]point source pollution was so dependent on such site-specific factors as topography, soil structure, rainfall, vegetation, and land use that its uniform federal regulation was virtually impossible"); Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA , 915 F.2d 1314 , 1316 (C.A.9 1990) ("The Act focused on point source polluters presumably because they could be identified and regulated more easily than non[-]point so…
"[T]he control of non[-]point source pollution was so dependent on such site-specific factors as topography, soil structure, rainfall, vegetation, and land use that its uniform federal regulation was virtually impossible"
Quote Authority · SCOTUS
P. v. EPA, 843 F. 2d 782 , 791 (CA4 1988) (“[T]he control of non[-]point source pollution was so dependent on such site-specific fac- tors as topography, soil structure, rainfall, vegetation, and land use that its uniform federal regulation was virtually impossible”); Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA, 915 F. 2d 1314, 1316 (CA9 1990) (“The Act focused on point source polluters presumably because they could be identified and regulated more easily than non[-]point sourc…
“[T]he control of non[-]point source pollution was so dependent on such site-specific fac- tors as topography, soil structure, rainfall, vegetation, and land use that its uniform federal regulation was virtually impossible”
Rule Authority · Md. · 4 citations in this opinion
Further, there was no indication that Congress intended “to preclude the EPA from imposing conditions on Title II construction grants that are designed to reduce the amount of nonpoint source pollution generated, either directly or indirectly, by the facilities those grants fund.” Shanty Town, 843 F.2d at 792.
Rule Authority · Fed. Cl.
P’ship v. EPA, 843 F.2d 782, 790 (4th Cir.1988) (concluding that there is no deference accorded to the interpretation of a statute by an agency that does not administer it)).
Rule Authority · E.D. Va.
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. NRDC, 467 U.S. 837, 104 S.Ct. 2778 , 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984); Shanty Town Assoc., 843 F.2d at 790.
Rule Authority · D. Maryland
Mindful of encroaching into the states’ domain, “[cjongress intended ultimate responsibility for the regulation of land use to remain with the states.” Id. at 793.
Cited · 9th Cir. · signal: see
See Shanty Town, 843 F.2d at 790 n. 12; Internal Revenue, 706 F.2d at 1023. 9 .
Cited · D.R.I. · signal: see
See Shanty Town Associates, Ltd. v. Environmental Protection Agency, 843 F.2d 782 , 790 (4th Cir.1988), The defendants’ attempt to strain the definition of “discharge of a pollutant” in order to relieve themselves of liability and to impose it on the town of Portsmouth or on Mr. and Mrs. Souza makes complete nonsense out of the Clean Water Act.