Alfred (Fred) R. Light

St. Thomas University School of Law,

Professor of Law Emeritus

16401 N.W. 37th Ave.

Miami, FL 33054

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (31)

1.

Restatement for Joint and Several Liability Under CERCLA After Burlington Northern

Environmental Law Institute Reporter, Vol. 39, p. 11058, 2009
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2012
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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environmental, CERCLA, litigation

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CERCLA's Cost Recovery Statute of Limitations: Closing the Books or Waiting for Godot?

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Aug 2009
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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Environmental Law, CERCLA, statute of limitations

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Restatement for Arranger Liability Under CERCLA: Implications of Burlington Northern for Superfund Jurisprudence

Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
Downloads 123 (458,659)
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environment, litigation, CERCLA

Fracturing Moratoria under the Dormant Commerce Clause: The Need to Shape Rather than Resist the Shale Gale

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2014
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2013
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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hydraulic fracturing, federalism, dormant commerce clause, constitutional law, environmental

Fracturing Moratoria Under the Dormant Commerce Clause: The Need to Shape Rather than Resist the Shale Gale

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2014, St. Thomas University School of Law (Florida) Research Paper No. 2014-07
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 Sep 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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hydraulic fracturing, federalism, dormant commerce clause, constitutional law, environmental

5.

Beyond the Myth of Everglades Settlement: The Need for a Sustainability Jurisprudence

Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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environmental, jurisprudence, sustainability, Everglades

6.

Get Smart to Go Green? Leed Neighborhood Development and Sustainability

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
Downloads 111 (492,481)
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green building, neighborhood development, land use planning, environmental sustainability

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Reducing Nutrient Pollution in the Everglades Agricultural Area through Best Management Practices

Natural Resources & the Environment, Vol. 25, p. 26, Fall 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 26 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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Everglades, agricultural, environment, ecosystem

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SARA's State Procedural Reform: Reading CTS v. Waldburger through Canons of Statutory Interpretation

45 Texas Environmental Law Journal 167 (2015)
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2015
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust and the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: The ‘Superfund’ Myth and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 5, p. 87, 2011, St. Thomas University School of Law Research Paper No. 4
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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environment, oil spill, BP

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The CERCLA Contribution Protection Racket: EPA Can Only Settle Its Own Claims, Not Private Party Claims

29 TXLR 984 (Nov. 6, 2014)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 15 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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CERCLA Environment Litigation

11.

The Intergovernmental Relations of Water Policy and Management: Florida-Holland Parallels

Tulane Environmental Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2012
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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water, policy, management, intergovernmental relations

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CERCLA's Contribution Protection Guidances: A Problematic Policy that May Violate Due Process

30 Natural Resources & Environment 42 (Summer 2015)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 05 Sep 2015
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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CERCLA, contribution, settlement

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Regressing toward Federal Common Law: The Catalytic Effect of CERCLA’s Private Cause of Action

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2012
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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cercla, superfund, personal jurisdiction, cost recovery, contribution

14.

Spark Plugs of Policy Implementation: Intergovernmental Relations and Public Participation in Florida's Acceler8 Initiative to Speed Everglades Restoration

Vermont Law Review, Vol. 30, p. 939, 2006
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2012
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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intergovernmental relations, environmental policy, Everglades, ecosystem, restoration

15.

Superfund Section 301(e) Study Group Report as 'Legislative History': Implications for Supreme Court Deliberations in CTS v. Waldburger

29 Toxics Law Reporter, 414, 05/08/2014
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 11 May 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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Superfund, statute of limitations, toxic torts, statute of repose

16.

Avoiding the Contribution 'Catch 22': CERCLA Administrative Orders for Cleanup Are Civil Actions

Environmental Law Reporter, 2016, St. Thomas University School of Law (Florida) Research Paper No. 2017-04
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2017
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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The Waiter at the Party: A Parable of Ecosystem Management in the Everglades

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 36, No. 10, 2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2012
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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environmental law, policy, adaptive management, Everglades

18.

Dealing with the Complexity of Settling Private CERCLA Claims: Due Process, Article III, and Sovereign Immunity

1 St. Thomas Journal of Complex Litigation 1 (Spring 2015)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 14 May 2015
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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CERCLA, due process, Article III, sovereign immunity, Eleventh Amendment, contribution, settlement

19.

Designing the Gulf Coast Claims Facility in the Shadow of the Law: A Template from the Superfund Section 301(E) Report

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 40, p. 11121, November 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2013
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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environment, oil spill, compensation, torts

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A Superfund Lawyer's History

32 The Environmental Forum 44 (March/April 2015)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 24 Mar 2015
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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CERCLA, Toxic Torts, Superfund

21.

Clean Up of a Legislative Disaster: Avoiding the Constitution Under the Original CERCLA

37 Environs Environmental Law and Policy Journal 197 (2014)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 May 2013 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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CERCLA, contribution, judicial review, statute of limitations, preclusion, legislative history, constitutional

22.

Protocols for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility: An Etiquette of Equivocation

Toxics Law Reporter (BNA), Vol. 25, September 23, 2010
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 30 Jul 2011
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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Oil Spill Protocol, Feinberg, BP, British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon

23.

Bush v. Gore - Georgia Lived It Before: Pickrick and the Warren Court

Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2001
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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election law, representation, equal protection, Florida, Georgia

24.

EPA's 'Back to the Future' Model Administrative Orders: Statutory Limits on Resolving Future CERCLA Liability

31 Toxics L. Rep. (BNA) 440 (May 5, 2016)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 07 May 2016
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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CERCLA, Environmental, contribution, litigation, administrative law

25.

Of Square Pegs, Round Holes, and Recalcitrants Lying in the Weeds: Superfund's Legal Lessons for Everglades Restoration

Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review (MELPR), Vol. 12, No. 2, 2005
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Aug 2009
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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environmental, CERCLA, Superfund, Everglades, restoration, ecosystem

26.

David's Five Smooth Stones: Cloud Technology for the Florida Consumer Lawyer

St. Thomas University Journal of Complex Litigation, Summer 2018, St. Thomas University School of Law (Florida) Research Paper 2018-07
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2018
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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complex litigation, law office management, cloud technology, contingent fee, fee shifting, statutory damages, reciprocity, e-discovery

27.

Tales of the Tamiami Trail: Implementing Adaptive Management in Everglades Restoration

Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2014
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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environment, Everglades, adaptive management, intergovernmental relations

28.

Prosecutorial Indiscretion

14 St. Thomas Intercultural Human Rights Law Review 209 (2019)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 17 May 2019 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2019
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,
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CERCLA

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CERCLA's Wooden Iron: The Contribution Counterclaim

Toxics Law Reporter, (BNA), Vol. 23, p. 642, July 24, 2008
Posted: 17 Aug 2009
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,

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environmental, litigation, CERCLA

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Apportioning Costs by Causation After Burlington Northern: Superfund Meets NCIS

Toxics Law Reporter, Vol. 24, p. 948, August 6, 2009
Posted: 16 Aug 2009
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,

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environment, litigation, CERCLA, superfund

31.

'Minimum Contacts' Under CERCLA: Joint and Several 'Generator' Liability and the Fifth Amendment

Toxics Law Reporter, Vol. 24, p. 545, April 23, 2009
Posted: 16 Aug 2009
Alfred (Fred) R. Light
St. Thomas University School of Law,

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environmental law, litigation, CERCLA, Superfund