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Rosemere Neighborhood Ass'n. v. EPA, No. 08-35045

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In an action under the Administrative Procedure Act seeking to compel action by the Environmental Protection Agency on plaintiff's complaint that a city failed properly to utilize EPA funds to address environmental problems, dismissal of the action on mootness grounds is reversed where the voluntary cessation exception to the mootness doctrine applied.

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Appellate Information

Argued and Submitted April 14, 2009

Filed September 17, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Tashima

Counsel

For Appellant:

Christopher Winter, Crag Law Center, Portland, OR

For Appellees:

Rebecca Shapiro Cohen, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA

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