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MASS. COALITION OF CITIZENS v. CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY

No. 80-1520.

649 F.2d 71 (1981)

MASSACHUSETTS COALITION OF CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OF the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Stern, Cambridge, with whom Benjamin Hiller, and Goldstein, Pressman & Stern, Cambridge, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mitchell J. Sikora, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., and Alan B. Sherr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction against the state agencies and officials responsible for evacuation planning in the event of a meltdown at the Pilgrim I Nuclear Power Facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Plaintiffs brought this class action on behalf of persons residing in the area immediately surrounding the facility who are handicapped, those who do not speak English, and those without access to an automobile.<...

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