Ziegler v. Lynn’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hutchison v. Sunbeam Coal Corp. · Marks v. Tasman · Musser v. Vilsmeier Auction Co., Inc. · 389 Pa. Super. 430 - O'NEILL v. Checker Motors Corp. · Centolanza v. Lehigh Valley Dairies, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“We find that the Act does not address the situation of an owner suing an operator, or vice versa. Where the DER has already acted to address the problem, the purpose of the Act is served. ' It is not necessary to permit owners to sue operators, or vice versa, to effectuate the purpose of the Act, that is, to insure that tanks are regulated and spills are cleaned up.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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