Legal Opinion
In Re Acushnet River & New Bedford Harbor Proceedings Re Alleged PCB Pollution
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 6, 1987No. Civ. A. 83-3882-YPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION CONCERNING CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS: SUBJECT MATTER AND PERSONAL JURISDICTION, CORPORATE CAPACITY TO SUE AND BE SUED
YOUNG, District Judge.
On December 10, 1983, the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed separate complaints — now partially consolidated — against the same six corporate defendants, 1 alleging that each one was liable for polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination of New Bedford Harbor and the Acushnet River. Taken together, the lawsuits seek affirmative in-junctive relief, clean-up costs, response costs, a declaration of liability for…
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