Olaf a. Hallstrom, et Ux. v. Tillamook County

Decided November 7, 1989. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 88-42 · 493 U.S. 20 (1989) · Cited 547 times

Holding

Where a party suing under RCRA's citizen suit provision fails to meet the notice and 60-day delay requirements of 6972(b), the action must be dismissed as barred by the terms of the statute.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown · 466 U.S. 147 (1984)
• Zipes v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 455 U.S. 385 (1982)
• Oscar Mayer & Co. v. Evans · 441 U.S. 750 (1979)
• Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. · 484 U.S. 49 (1987)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · 404 U.S. 97 (1971)
• Love v. Pullman Co. · 404 U.S. 522 (1972)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · 421 U.S. 454 (1975)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• United States v. Robinson · 361 U.S. 220 (1960)
• Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. · 458 U.S. 564 (1982)
• Mohasco Corp. v. Silver · 447 U.S. 807 (1980)
• Fair Assessment in Real Estate Assn., Inc. v. McNary · 454 U.S. 100 (1981)
• Honda v. Clark · 386 U.S. 484 (1967)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Rigsby · 580 U.S. 26 (2016)
• Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · 572 U.S. 1 (2014)
• MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 575 U.S. 480 (2015)
• Freytag v. Commissioner · 501 U.S. 868 (1991)
• Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond · 496 U.S. 414 (1990)
• United States v. Montalvo-Murillo · 495 U.S. 711 (1990)
• McNeil v. United States · 508 U.S. 106 (1993)
• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · 501 U.S. 350 (1991)
• Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · 498 U.S. 395 (1991)
• Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc. · 516 U.S. 479 (1996)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1989). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).