RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS

July 2002

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Third Circuit Vacates Clean Air Act Prison Sentence but Holds Majority of Sentence Enhancements Warranted.
United States v. Chau, Case No. 00-2720

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a sentencing decision by the Eastern District of Pennsylvania with regard to Clean Air Act (CAA) asbestos violations because lack of a permit did not justify a four-level sentence enhancement.