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Oral argument — Dichter-Mad Family Partners v. United States

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jan 10, 2013

When I made that investment I relied on the Clean Bill of Health that Mr. Madoff and his industry had been given by the SEC. Several years later Mr. … And I haven't made this allegation up out of thin air. This is in the report of the Office of Inspector General when he takes a look at the allegation.

Oral argument — Chronister Oil Co. v. Illinois Pollution Control Board

Oral argument · Oral argument · Mar 17, 2026

The idea is, for the most part, this is going to be not lawyers deciding how or when stuff is cleaned up. It even goes so far in, I believe, 57.8L of the Environmental Protection Act. … They let the appeal period close. Their door to appeal this under Section 40 of the Act was 35 days, plus potentially 90.

Oral argument — Estate of Anderson

Oral argument · Oral argument · Apr 12, 2023

That title cleaned up issues in order to allow the sale of those properties, but did not clean up issues involving the beneficiaries of the trust and the duties of the trustee to account and fully disclose … But before doing that, I think it's necessary to comment on some of the assertions made by Mr.

Oral argument — United States v. Mauricio Aguilera

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 12, 2014

So any air here would have to be for plain air because the air could not be plain when the Court followed the model instruction and gave 8.22. … So I'd appreciate if you could comment on that specifically.

Oral argument — Northern CA River Watch v. City Of Healdsburg

Oral argument · Oral argument · Nov 16, 2005

Wastewater treatment exemption applies to ponds that are built as part of the Clean Water Act protections. That wasn't present here, period. We need to go no further. … In addition, this pond was not built by CYAR to meet Clean Water Act, excuse me, Healdsburg to meet Clean Water Act standards.

Oral argument — Air Transport Association v. AGRI

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 17, 2022

But the FACT Act is enacted in 1990, and it's not until 1996 that this Treasury account is set up. And at that time, it's set up for this temporary six-year period. … Right next to that number, it says commercial air cargo only, right? And so commenters rightly wanted to figure out what does commercial air cargo only mean, okay?

Oral argument — United States v. Jason Bricker

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 31, 2024

McCaul was writing on a clean slate. … So the nonretroactive action by Congress means Congress is at least thinking about this, so it's kind of put the ball in the air and so we can jump in and grab it? Yes.

Oral argument — Joe Webb v. United States

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jul 27, 2016

The district court, without comment, apparently accepted that position. … In the language I quoted, he said that he needed it to work on his case, not just to clean up his docket sheet, but he said to work on his case. How would he clean up the docket sheet?

Oral argument — Rosemary Jensen v. County of Sonoma

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 16, 2011

I want to comment on, first, on the penalty issue that you raised, Your Honor. … And so they are, in effect, being penalized because they didn't clean up.

Oral argument — Center for Food Safety v. Thomas Vilsack

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 24, 2012

If the tool bag theory were right, then an agency faced with a Clean Water Act complaint with regard to a particular industrial plant, so long as they couldn't use the Clean Water Act because the plant … was in compliance, would have to think, well, could we shut this plant down some other way, maybe use our Clean Air Act authority.

Oral argument — Sierra Nevada Transportation, Inc. v. Nevada Transportation Authority

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 6, 2023

And are they getting, are air crews who are known to be air crews getting cited? Yeah, I just, yes. And you would add that to the complaint if given the opportunity to amend? … I think it's the Clean Well Biohazard Waste and General Ecology Consultants, Inc. v. Nelson case. But isn't the Nevada regulatory scheme here essentially grounded in safety?

Oral argument — United States v. Devonte Veasley

Oral argument · Oral argument · Nov 2, 2023

Are we in plain air land, or are we in de novo review land? And whatever answer you give, tell me why. Yes, absolutely. … So does that put us in plain air land? No, I don't think so.

Oral argument — William Liebhart v. SPX Corporation

Oral argument · Oral argument · Nov 2, 2020

In SPX 1, this court defined standards under the standards under the citizen suit provisions of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Toxic Act. … For example, if the defendant volunteered to put down an inch of fresh clean topsoil, would that do it?

Oral argument — United States v. Cole

Oral argument · Oral argument · Nov 14, 2006

The officers, two officers Alsup and Palmer, officer Alsup admitted that he never saw the defendant Cole with the gun that was actually found in the in the air-conditioning vent. … So instead of having the unsavory Bryant character testifying to having seen Cole with the gun, we have the squeaky clean officers talking about it.

Oral argument — Ysole Krol v. Teri Kennedy

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jul 8, 2020

Well, he could have shot up in the air to scare them, I suppose. … There's no need to wave a gun or shoot in the air.

Oral argument — Village of Crestwood v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co.

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jan 15, 2013

The hazardous materials that were emitted into the air were apparently within the limit permitted by the permit they had from the state government. … This was an intentional act. They knew that they were using the groundwater. They did it for 22 years. And these are not my assertions. These are the assertions in the underlying complaints.

Oral argument — Steven Livaditis v. Ron Davis

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 9, 2019

He also told him that, quote, if he had been acting like a normal person, he would not have gone into the store and acted the way he did. … Lividitis had pled guilty, so essentially accepted responsibility for his acts, that he was remorseful, that as at different periods during his childhood, he was apparently not a well socially adjusted

Oral argument — United States v. Leonardo Melgarejo

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jan 6, 2014

Before addressing the primary aspects of the government's argument, I just want to address a few of the comments made by counsel. … And, in fact, at trial we proved up over 180 kilograms of crack cocaine distributed by this enterprise in a period that largely overlapped the period that the defendant admitted to in his plea agreement

Oral argument — Joyce Higgs, Appellee/Cross v. Costa Crosiere S.P.A., Company, Appellant/Cross

Oral argument · Oral argument · May 22, 2020

There was never a problem There was never a complaint about the way the buckets were you know They could never commit right negligence on this occasion because there was no prior act of negligence Your … I appreciate that If I could comment then on the setoff issue with my remaining time I think the we have no problem with the way the district court handled it the collateral source rule isn't Implicated

Oral argument — Minneapolis Community v. GSA

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jan 8, 2010

Because you had to deliver a clean site on November of 1993. … They weren't entitled to a clean site, and therefore they're not entitled to indemnification because a clean site wasn't delivered. The whole concept here was public bodies...