Legal Opinion
People of Three Mile Island v. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 29, 1984No. 83-3454PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, the People of Three Mile Island, seek review of the district court’s ruling that their suit against the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was barred by the doctrine of qualified immunity. Suit was brought against the Commissioners, Metropolitan Edison Company, General Public Utilities Company and several officials of these companies. In it, appellants alleged that *140the Commissioners had authorized the release of harmful radioactive gas without holding a prior hearing as required by § 189(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of…
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