Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Callaway
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 13, 1974No. Civ. H-74-268PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
The plaintiffs here, groups representing environmental and general public interests, seek to halt a major governmental project because the agencies involved have allegedly made both substantive and procedural mistakes in complying with applicable environmental protection laws.
The origin of this suit lies in the Navy’s current project of dredging a wider and deeper channel in the Thames River above New London to allow a new class of submarine (the SSN 688) to use the Navy’s submarine facility at Groton. 1 The dredging itself is not being…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- 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
- Connecticut Action Now, Inc. v. Roberts Plating Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Landy v. Federal Deposit InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- 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 by7 opinions
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and the State of New York, Intervenor-Appellant v. Howard H. Callaway, as Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- 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
- County of Suffolk v. Secretary of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Association Concerned About Tomorrow, Inc. v. DoleDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1985
- State of Minnesota, Spannaus v. CallawayDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1975
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