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Article: Alaska Sport Fishing Association v. Exxon Corporation highlights the need to take a hard look at the doctrine of parens patriae when applied in natural resource damage litigation.(Case Note)
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- Environmental Law
- Article date:
- June 22, 1995
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I. INTRODUCTION
Under the doctrine of parens patriae, the government represents all of its citizens when it is a party in a suit involving a matter of sovereign interest. In this capacity, the government acts as a trustee of the public. Increasingly, parens patriae actions are brought in cases involving natural resource disasters resulting from oil spills and hazardous waste releases.(1) With natural resource damage suits referred to as the new frontier of environmental litigation,(2) the use of parens patriae actions promises to become more prominent. Thus, the implications of government actions and their impact on private causes of action must be examined.
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