Legal Opinion
Massachusetts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 6, 1988No. Nos. 87-2032, 87-2033, 88-1121PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
These consolidated petitions1 are for review of a regulation promulgated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”). The regulation provides standards by which the NRC, in deciding whether to license a utility to operate a nuclear power plant, evaluates a radiological emergency plan that is prepared by the utility alone because local governments have refused to participate in emergency planning. Petitioners specifically contest the rule's incorporation of what is known in NRC parlance as the “realism doctrine,” a doctrine that allows the NRC, in evaluating a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- National Labor Relations Board v. Baptist Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- 6 soc.sec.rep.ser. 142, Medicare&medicaid Gu 34,082 Rose Mayburg v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by9 opinions
- County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth Of Massachusetts v. United States Nuclear Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- County Of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States of America, and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Scientists and Engineers for Secure Energy, Inc., Long Island Lighting Company, Nuclear Management and Resources Council, Inc., and Edison Electric Institute, Intervenors. Union of Concerned Scientists v. United States Regulatory Commission and United States of America, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Nuclear Management and Resources Council, Inc., Edison Electric Institute, Long Island Lighting Company, Citizens Within the 10-Mile Radius, Inc., and Scientists and Engineers for Secure Energy, Inc., Intervenors. State of New York, Mario Cuomo, Governor, and County of Suffolk v. United States of America and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Service Company of New Hampshire, Nuclear Management and Resources Council, Inc., Edison Electric Institute, Long Island Lighting Company, and Scientists and Engineers for Secure Energy, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Massachusetts v. United States Nuclear Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
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