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Idling bus suit revs back up

BOSTON — The First Circuit ruled that a federal court in Massachusetts was wrong to hold that the Conservation Law Foundation lacked standing to sue a New Jersey bus company for idling its buses in excess of state air-quality limits in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The lower court must conduct more factfinding to determine whether standing exists.

Read the ruling here.

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