About This Item

  • Call NumberGEHP_0107
  • SummaryLawsuit of Riverkeeper and local Greenpoint residents against ExxonMobil for unlawful discharge of pollutants into Newtown Creek and solid waste spreading under Greenpoint. (See related oral history catalog GEHP_0112.)
  • Date2004-05-18
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, PDF
  • CreatorUNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formattext
  • Genrelegal documents
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original document digitized on November 29, 2018, as a PDF. Donated for capture by Willis Elkins through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectEnvironmental Protection Agency ;Exxon Mobil Corporation ;New York (N.Y.). Department of Environmental Protection ; Newtown Creek (Kings County-New York County, N.Y.) ; Oil spills--Cleanup ; Oil spills--Environmental aspects ; Petroleum refineries ; Public health ; Urban Pollution ; Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. ; Class actions (Civil procedure)
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleRIVERKEEPER, INC. ROLFE CARLE, LAURA HOFFMAN, MICHAEL HOFFMAN, DEBORAH MASTERS, WILLIAM SCHUCK, TERESA TORO against EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION