Private Attorneys General Say State Law Does Not Affect RCRA Claim

Mealey's (August 5, 2019, 2:02 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A golf course owner and nearby residents tell the U.S. Supreme Court in a July 31 reply brief that a 2010 agreement between an Indiana environmental agency and General Electric Co. does not prevent a federal magistrate judge in Illinois from granting their request for injunctive relief and additional cleanup of their properties after he found that GE was liable under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for contamination at an adjacent site it used for manufacturing appliances and parts (LAJIM LLC, et al. v. General Electric Company, No. 18-1564, U.S. Sup.)....