· 1/21/1975
Carolina Environmental Study Group v. The United States of America and the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Duke Power Company, Intervenor
Citations
- 510 F.2d 796
- 166 U.S. App. D.C. 416
- 5 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20181
- 7 ERC (BNA) 1675
- 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 16500
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Recognition of the minimal probability of such an event is not equatable with nonrecognition of its consequences.”
- probability of an accident that ranges from one in 100,000 to one in a billion is “remote”
- only “reasonably” foreseeable effects need be described
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Judges: Robb, Wilkey, Markey, Patent
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