Concerned Citizens for the Preservation of Clarksville v. John A. Volpe

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought by certain residents of the Clarksville area of Austin, Texas, who have been displaced by an interstate highway project known as the Missouri-Pacific Expressway (hereafter, the Mo-Pac Expressway), in behalf of themselves and the class they represent. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

The Mo-Pac Expressway project had its genesis on September 1, 1966, when officials of the City of Austin and…