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Cleanups at Federal Facilities

United States Department of Energy v. Ohio et al.

Syllabus, Supreme Court of the United States. Held: Congress has not waived the National Government's sovereign immunity from liability for civil fines imposed by a State for past violations of the CWA or RCRA.

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