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U.S. v. CHARLES GEORGE TRUCKING CO.

No. 87-1039.

823 F.2d 685 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CHARLES GEORGE TRUCKING CO., et al., Defendants, Appellees, Charles George, Sr. and Dorothy George, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce F. Smith with whom Lisa Renee Schwartz, Jager, Smith & Stetler, Richard E. Bachman and Hale, Sanderson, Byrnes & Morton, Boston, Mass., were on briefs, for appellants.

Elizabeth Ann Peterson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph J. McGovern, Boston, Mass., and David C. Shilton, Dept. of Justice, F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Robert S. Mueller, III, U.S. Atty., and Andrew Lauterback, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for the U.S.

Before COFFIN, DAVIS and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The defendants-appellants, Charles George, Sr. and Dorothy George, husband and wife, challenge a judgment for civil penalties entered against them in an action prosecuted by the United States on behalf of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

From 1971 to 1983, Mr. and Mrs. George, and at least some of their children, were shareholders and trustees of a hazardous...

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