Legal Opinion
United Nuclear Corporation v. Joseph E. Cannon, M.D., Etc., Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 30, 1982No. 82-1504PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The appellant Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc. (CLF) appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to intervene of right under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a)(2). CLF, an environmental interest group, sought to intervene on the side of the state in an action brought by the United Nuclear Corporation challenging the constitutionality of a Rhode Island statute.
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United Nuclear operated a nuclear fuel processing plant at Wood River Junction, Rhode Island. In August 1980, the corporation ceased this operation and began the decommission and decontamination…
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