Here are the materials:
The attorney fees award, I believe, is discussed here.
Here are the materials:
The attorney fees award, I believe, is discussed here.
Here is the opinion in Pakootas v. Teck Camino (E.D. Wash.) in which the court dismisses counterclaims by the polluter (Teck Camino) against one of the plaintiffs (the Colville Confederated Tribes) on grounds that tribes cannot be liable under CERCLA — DCT Order Dismissing Teck Camino Counterclaims
Here are the briefs:
Colville Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims
A million bucks is pretty significant…. pakootas-atty-fees-dct-order
(H/T Indianz)
The Harvard Environmental Law Review published a case note on the Trail Smelter case, “Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd.“ The Supreme Court will decide shortly whether or not the hear the case, though the Solicitor General has argued in favor of a denial of cert. The case involves water pollution of tribal waters at Colville by a Canadian smelter.