Third Circuit Back’s Lower Court’s Ruling that Doctor Lacks Standing to Challenge Confidentiality Accorded Fracking Chemicals under Pennsylvania’s Act 13

摘要

On 3/16/15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a Pennsylvania District Court ruling that a doctor (Dr. Alfonso Rodriguez) claiming a need to access certain confidential information because harms are imminent due to the use of fracking chemicals in the State of Pennsylvania’s shale plays lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of Pennsylvania Act 13 of 2012, parts of which were thrown out by the