Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Tocco v. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing

111 S. Ct. 1389

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1991-03-25
Topic
general

holding dismissal of plaintiffs claim is appropriate where complaint contains only eonclusory allegations of a violation of a Constitutional right | allowing recovery of attorneys' fees and litigation costs by private party CERCLA plaintiff | allowing recovery of attorneys' fees and litigation costs by private party CERCLA plaintiff | complaints based on violation of constitutional right must contain more than conclusory allegation to avoid dismissal | complaints based on violation of constitutional right must contain more than conclusory allegation to avoid dismissal | complaints based on violation of constitutional right must contain more than conclusory allegation to avoid dismissal | plaintiff, a former owner of the site, entered into consent decree with state agency and others to cleanup a site prior to plaintiffs section 107(a) claim against another PRP | plaintiff, a former owner of a site, entered into a consent decree with a state agency and others to clean up a site prior to plaintiff's § 107(a) action against another PRP | input of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR | NCP specifically contemplates excavations as appropriate removal actions | listing eases on both sides of controversy | permitting PRP to maintain cost recovery action | 1991 U.S. Dist. Lexis 18262 at | allowing recovery of attorneys fees

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Super. Ct. N. J., App. Div. Certiorari denied.