Chesapeake Bay Foundation v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Decided May 6, 1985. Joseph H. Young wrote the opinion for the court.

608 F. Supp. 440 · Cited 50 times

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• Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission · 432 U.S. 333
• Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Tenneco Polymers, Inc. · 602 F. Supp. 1394
• Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Monsanto Co. · 600 F. Supp. 1479
• Nordling v. Johnston · 287 P.2d 420
• Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Fritzsche, Dodge & Olcott, Inc. · 579 F. Supp. 1528
• Save Our Sound Fisheries Ass'n v. Callaway · 429 F. Supp. 1136
• United States v. C & R TRUCKING CO. · 537 F. Supp. 1080
• Payne v. A.O. Smith Corp. · 578 F. Supp. 733

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