Legal Opinion
Daingerfield Island Protective Society v. Lujan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 30, 1990No. 89-5165PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The origin of this case is a 1970 agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) by which the National Park Service (“NPS,” “the Service”) completed its acquisition of Dyke Marsh, an environmentally sensitive wetland on the Potomac River between Alexandria and Mount Vernon, Virginia. In exchange for the wetland property it acquired, NPS granted developer Charles Fairchild & Co. an easement to build an interchange on the George Washington Memorial Parkway (“Parkway”). Fairchild hoped that this interchange…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- County of Los Angeles v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Environmental Defense Fund v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Gull Airborne Instruments, Inc. v. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense of the U.S.A.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- National Wildlife Federation v. Robert F. Burford, Mountain States Legal Foundation (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Daingerfield Island Protective Society v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- Daingerfield Island Protective Society v. LujanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1992
- Daingerfield Island Protective Society v. BabbittDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1993
- Don't Ruin Our Park v. StoneDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1992
- Fontaine v. RyanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1994
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