Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Froehlke
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 16, 1973No. Civ. A. 71-H-983PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.
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INTRODUCTION
The complexity of this case and the substantial record 1 submitted for review have caused this Court great concern. The geographical magnitude of the projects and the financial investment involved are very substantial. The Court has closely studied the entire record, paying particular attention to the various studies and congressional hearings. These include three studies pertaining to what this Court shall identify as the Trinity Project, described in detail hereafter, which were published in 1941, 2 1965, 3 and most recently…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- 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
- 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
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Trout Unlimited v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Sierra Club v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Shell Oil Company, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Life Of The Land v. BrinegarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Oregon Environmental Council v. KunzmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Sierra Club v. Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the Army, Trinity River Authority of Texas, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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