USCA1 Opinion
[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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No. 97-1241
KENNETH HOWARD, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs, Appellants,
v.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, WATER RESOURCES BOARD,
Defendant, Appellee.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND
[Hon. Ernest C. Torres, U.S. District Judge] ___________________
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Before
Selya, Circuit Judge, _____________
Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, ____________________
and Lynch, Circuit Judge. _____________
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John W. Dineen and Yesser, Glasson & Dineen on brief for ________________ ___________________________
appellants.
Jeffrey B. Pine, Attorney General, and Rebecca Tedford __________________ _________________
Partington, Assistant Attorney General, on brief for appellee. __________
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October 14, 1997
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Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the briefs and __________
record, we conclude that appellants' complaint properly was
dismissed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state
a claim and that their motion to amend the complaint properly
was denied as futile. We reach this conclusion for
substantially the same reasons stated by the district court
in its Memorandum and Order dated December 31, 1996.
Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1. ________ ___
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