In New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, Nos. 1:19-cv-14758-RMB-JBC, 1:19-cv-14765-RMB-JBC, 1:19-cv-14766-RMB-JBC, 1:19-cv-14767-RMB-JBC, (D.N.J. August 7, 2026), Chief United States District Judge Renée Marie Bumb cited and quoted Allan Kanner’s article The Public Trust Doctrine, Parens Patriae, and the Attorney General as the Guardian of the State’s Natural Resources, 16 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol’y F. 57, 107, 109-110 (2005). Kanner’s quotation was used in a discussion of a state’s parens patriae authority to redress environmental threats to public health, safety, and welfare.
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