Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles George Trucking Co., Charles George, Sr. And Dorothy George
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 13, 1987No. 87-1039PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The defendants-appellants, Charles George, Sr. and Dorothy George, husband and wife, challenge a judgment for civil penalties entered against them in an action prosecuted by the United States on behalf of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
From 1971 to 1983, Mr. and Mrs. George, and at least some of their children, were shareholders and trustees of a hazardous waste dump in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, somewhat grandiloquently known as the “Charles George Land Reclamation Trust Landfill”. 1 In the course…
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