Court Says Plaintiff in Citizen Lawsuit May Not Intervene in Enforcement Actions

摘要

A plaintiff in a pending hazardous waste citizen suit does not have a right to intervene in a government enforcement action against the same defendant under the same statutes for the same contamination, a federal trial court has ruled in a case involving Doe Run Resources Corp. (United States v. Doe Run Resources Corp., E.D. Mo., No. 10CV01895, 5/10/11).The possibility that issues in the citizen suit could become moot if the government enforcement action is resolved is an insufficient basis to allow intervention, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri said in the May 10 decision.