Legal Opinion
Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided March 31, 1977No. C-C-73-139PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
McMILLAN, District Judge.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Plaintiffs brought this action to obtain a declaration of the unconstitutionality of those portions of the Price-Anderson Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2210(c) and § 2210(e), which place a limitation of $560,000,000 on the maximum amount of liability of a power company or a contractor for damages resulting from a nuclear accident involving an atomic power plant.
Damages and injunctive relief are not sought.
Defendants in their pleadings denied the merits of the claims of the plaintiffs and asserted that the plaintiffs lack standing and that…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Edward Haase v. William S. Sessions, Director, F.B.I.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Washakie County School District Number One v. HerschlerWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
- Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. v. General Electric Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1986
- N. A. A. C. P., Boston Chapter v. Patricia Harris, Latinos Unidos De Chelsea en Accion, Inc. v. Patricia Harris, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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