Court of Appeals for the First Circuit April 30, 1990, 88-1070 (Anne Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co.)

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The appeal before us represents yet another march in a litigatory trek of unusual length and complexity. We recount the case’s by-now-familiar itinerary and thereafter proceed to blaze what few new trails remain.

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The litigation concerns claims made by residents of the Aberjona River Valley in Woburn, Massachusetts.