Charles J. CONNER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
AEROVOX, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 7, 1983.
Decided March 28, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Leonard Rose, Falmouth, Mass., for appellants.
J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., Robert E. Kopp, and Wendy M. Keats, Attys., Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief for the U.S., amicus curiae.
Paul B. Galvani, Boston, Mass., with whom Robert B. Allensworth, and Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Aerovox, Inc.
Jeffrey C. Bates, Boston, Mass., with whom Marshall Simonds, P.C., and Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Cornell-Dubilier Electronics Corp.
Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, licensed commercial lobstermen, shellfishermen, and fishermen, and the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, Inc.,1 appeal from a judgment dismissing their maritime tort claim for alleged damage to fishing grounds caused by discharges of toxic substances.2 Relying on Supreme Court decisions in Milwaukee v. Illinois,451 U.S. 304<...
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