Legal Opinion
Ella Mae Wells v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 19, 1988No. 87-5124PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, 189 families composed of 571 persons who reside in the Dallas, Texas area, seek compensation for personal injuries and property damage which they and their minor children claim to have suffered due to alleged negligent acts and omissions of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). Plaintiffs claim that the EPA negligently regulated and communicated knowledge of public health risks and lead pollution dangers in plaintiffs’ neighborhoods. 1 The district court granted the government’s…
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