Notice by Citizen Plaintiffs in Environmental Litigation

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

This Note evaluates judicial handling of citizen suits tainted by defective notice. After reviewing the legislative history of the citizen suit provisions, the Note presents an array of judicial responses to defective notice and classifies decisions by their stringency in applying the notice provision. In the final section, the Note argues that Congress's purpose in requiring notice should determine the limits of judicial tolerance of defective notice. It concludes that courts should dismiss citizen suits unless actual notice of intent to sue, whether or not in the form specified by EPA regulations, was given sixty days before the filing of the complaint.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, Notice by Citizen Plaintiffs in Environmental Litigation, 79 Mich. L. Rev. 299 (1980).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol79/iss2/4