Legal Opinion
Organizations United for Ecology v. Bell
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 30, 1978No. Civ. 77-729PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MUIR, District Judge.
I. Introduction.
Plaintiffs filed this action on August 10, 1977, alleging that Griffin B. Bell, Attorney General of the United States, Norman A. Carlson, Director of the United States Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, and Eldon Jensen, Superintendent of Allenwood Prison Camp, had violated the National Environmental Policy Act, (sometimes hereafter NEPA), 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 4331 et seq. because they had not prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (sometimes hereafter EIS), before the decision was made to grant a permit allowing the Commissioners of Lycoming…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United Public Workers of America v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- City of Davis, a Municipal Corporation v. William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Robert I. Powell v. Eugene M. ZuckertCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Environmental Defense Fund v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Ecology Center of Louisiana, Inc. v. ColemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Coalition for Canyon Preservation v. Karl S. Bowers, Administrator, Federal Highway AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- The Drexel Burnham Lambert Group Inc., Cross-Appellee v. A.W. Galadari and A.W. Galadari Commodities, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Financial Collection Agencies v. Norman (In Re Norman)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · 1982
- Barcelo v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1979
- Clyde v. ThornburghDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
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