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Positive treatment
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1977
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Top citers, strongest first. 3 distinct citers.
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cited
Cited "but see"
Pawtuxet Cove Marina, Inc. v. Ciba-Geigy Corporation
But cf. Burgess v. M/V Tamano, 370 F.Supp. 247 (D.Me. 1973), aff'd without opinion, 559 F.2d 1200 (1st Cir.1977) (permitting fishermen to recover for pecuniary losses caused by oil spill).
discussed
Cited "see"
Louisiana ex rel. Guste v. M/V Testbank
See, Burgess v. M/V Tamaño, D.Me.1973, 370 F.Supp. 247 , aff'd, 1 Cir.1977, 559 F.2d 1200 . “[T]he long standing rule of law is that a private individual can recover in tort for invasion of a public right only if he has suffered damage particular to him — that is, damage different in kind, rather than simply in degree, from that sustained by the public generally.
discussed
Cited "see"
State of Louisiana v. Testbank
See generally Prosser at 1014, for early illustrations of cases allowing recovery 30 See, Burgess v. M/V Tamano, D.Me.1973, 370 F.Supp. 247 , aff'd, 1 Cir.1977, 559 F.2d 1200 "[T]he long standing rule of law is that a private individual can recover in tort for invasion of a public right only if he has suffered damage particular to him--that is, damage different in kind, rather than simply in degree, from that sustained by the public generally.
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Weisburgh
v.
Inginere
v.
Inginere
76-1362.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Apr 22, 1977.
559 F.2d 1200
Published
Weisburgh
v.
Inginere
No. 76-1362
United States Court of Appeals,
First Circuit
4/22/77
1
D.Mass.
AFFIRMED