Legal Opinion
In Re Cross-Florida Barge Canal Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided July 27, 1971No. MDL No. 2873PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the panel. PER CURIAM.
These two cases, pending in different districts, present legal issues arising out of the construction of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal across the northern portion of Florida, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The Secretary of the Army, the Chief Engineer of the United States Corps of Engineers, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and several other government officials, all…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Environmental Defense Fund Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of United States ArmyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1971
3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. 2,997.06 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. 2,997.06 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Marion County, State of Florida, and Ocala Manufacturing, Ice and Packing Company, Defendants-Appellees-Cross United States of America v. 2,997.06 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Marion County, State of Florida, and Ocala Manufacturing, Ice and Packing Company, Defendants- Appellants- Cross Canal Authority of the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- In Re Garrison Diversion Unit LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978