BOYD v. BROWNER

Civ. A. No. 94-0893 (JR).

897 F.Supp. 590 (1995)

Dorothy BOYD et al., Plaintiffs, v. Carol BROWNER, Administrator United States Environmental Protection Agency et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. Terris, Monica Blong Wagner, Terris Pravlik & Wagner, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Anne L. Weismann, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for defendants.


OPINION

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

In 1992, some eighty African-American homeowners living on a tract of chemically contaminated land in Texarkana, Texas, sold their residences to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, which was acting as agent for the Environmental Protection Agency. The homeowners also accepted government relocation assistance. The homeowners, now plaintiffs, claim in this action that the Government threatened and coerced them so that...

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