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Statutory Environmental Liability Retroactivity Dispute

Numéro de cause ATA/500/2005
Autorité / Tribunal
Juridiction Suisse · Canton de Genève (CH-GE)
Date de la décision
Issue du litige Rejeté (Dismissed)
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Synthèse Legislator

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The litigation involved a dispute over the application of a specific statute regarding the liability of a business entity for environmental cleanup costs following contamination. The court reasoned that the plain language of the statute imposed strict, retroactive liability on entities meeting the statutory criteria, regardless of fault or the time the polluting activity occurred, thereby upholding the finding that the entity was responsible for the remediation expenses as mandated by the legislative text.

Regeste Legislator

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF, Art. 68 al. 2 LTF; Statutory Environmental Liability Retroactivity Dispute: The court reasoned that the plain language of the statute imposed strict, retroactive liability on entities meeting the statutory criteria, regardless of fault or the time the polluting activity occurred, thereby upholding the finding that the entity was responsible for the remediation expenses as mandated by the legislative text.

Mots-clés

Généré par l'IA
responsabilité des dommages environnementaux coût environnemental responsabilité objective simple vie de l'entreprise rétroactivité de la loi obligation légale

Dispositions légales citées

Généré par l'IA
Art. 66 al. 1 LTF
Cited in order 1 regarding the cost allocation for the federal court proceedings.
Art. 68 al. 2 LTF
Cited in order 1 regarding the compensation of the respondent's procedural costs.
Généré par l'IA
A/1705/2003
State Environmental Liability Causation Requirement
A/1638/2002
Indemnification for Environmental Cleanup Costs Under Successive Contracts
A/498/2005
Statutory Retroactivity and Issue Preclusion in Property Liability Case
A/358/2004
Statutory Disclosure Requirement Retroactivity Dispute
A/1066/2005
Contractual Indemnification for Environmental Liabilities

Questions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

Cited in order 1 regarding the cost allocation for the federal court proceedings.

Art. 68 al. 2 LTF

Cited in order 1 regarding the compensation of the respondent's procedural costs.

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