418 F. Supp. 2d 34 - Collins v. Olin Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 9601 (§ 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) · 42 U.S.C. § 9607 (§ 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Conley v. Gibson · Scheuer v. Rhodes · Burford v. Sun Oil Co. · Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate J Bosch Second National Bank of New Haven
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Primary jurisdiction is not a doctrine that implicates the subject matter of the federal courts. Rather, it is a prudential doctrine under which [a] court may, under appropriate circumstances, determine that the initial decision-making responsibility should be performed by the relevant agency rather than the courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“) entered into a consent order with the town and corporation (and two other entities), in which the parties agreed to investigate and remediate the contamination. After reviewing the relevant statutory and regulatory frameworks, and the details of the consent order, the court found that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“This Court is convinced . . . that the terms of the Consent Order [requiring investigation and remediation by various defendants] sufficiently establish that the plaintiffs' concerns in this case are being addressed by the [Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.