Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Morton
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 28, 1975No. C-71-500-CBRPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
RENFREW, District Judge.
In 1971 two environmental groups and two individuals brought this action to contest the allegedly unlawful construction and operation of three major facilities of the California Water Project. The parties agreed to bifurcate the trial of the action into a liability phase and a relief phase. The liability phase was tried to the Court between June 10, 1974, and June 21, 1974. Subsequently, on July 26, 1974, the Court heard oral argument and at the conclusion of that argument informed the parties of its views as are more fully set forth herein.
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2Cases cited63 opinions
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Allen v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. National Assn. of Railroad PassengersSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Friends of Mammoth v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Connecticut Action Now, Inc. v. Roberts Plating Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by35 opinions
- California v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Charles Starbuck v. City and County of San FranciscoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Norfolk & Western Company v. United States of America, and Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Sierra Club v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Barcelo v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1979
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