Legal Opinion
Iowa Citizens for Environmental Quality, Inc. v. John A. Volpe, as Secretary of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1973No. 73-1062PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a timely appeal by plaintiffs, an Iowa environmental organization, and eighteen individuals, from final order of the District Court dismissing their complaint seeking injunctive relief against the construction of a 21.4 mile diagonal segment of Interstate Highway 1-35, designated by the Federal Highway Administration as I-35-6.1
Defendants are the Secretary of Transportation, officials of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and officers of the Iowa State Highway Commission (ISHC). The major part of the cost of 1-35-6 is provided by the federal…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Rogers C. B. Morton, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of America, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Intervenor. Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Sierra Club v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Shell Oil Company, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Warm Springs Dam Task Force v. Lieutenant General William C. Gribble, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Municipio de San Juan v. Junta de Calidad AmbientalSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 2000
- County of Suffolk, County of Nassau, Town of Islip, Town of Hempstead, Town of North Hempstead, Town of Oyster Bay, Town of Huntington, and the Board of Trustees of the Town, of Huntington and Concerned Citizens of Montauk, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, and New York Gas Group, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, National Supply Company, Continental Oil Company, Diamond M. Drilling Company, Digicon, Inc., Dresser Industries, Inc., Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Murphy Oil Corporation, Ocean Production Company, Transco Companies, Inc. And Zapata Corporation, Intervenor-Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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