Massachusetts Trustees of Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates v. United States

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• concluding there was an insufficient evidentiary relationship where the class was defined as individuals residing within a two mile radius of plant but there was no evidence that contaminants might have spread in all directions from plant for a distance of up to two miles
• “Plaintiffs have alleged that Defendant’s operations result in extensive emissions, but what remains missing is any evidence that the cause of the entire class’s damages could be determined in a single proceeding.”
• individualized damages are not an impediment to certification

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