Punnett v. Carter

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1980-05-13

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OPINION OF THE COURT ROSENN, Circuit Judge. The legal fallout in this action stems from a nuclear mushroom cloud formed high over the Nevada desert about twenty years ago. In this appeal we are presented with a claim for preliminary injunctive relief for alleged mutagenic dangers arising out of the open-air testing of nuclear weapons in the Nevada desert in the 1950’s and early 1960’s and for damages. The distr…

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