Legal Opinion
Lathan v. Volpe
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided August 4, 1972No. Civ. A. 8986PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEEKS, Chief Judge.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
This is one of a trilogy of cases involving the construction of 1-90, an interstate highway, through the State of Washington. The proposed segment involved herein would create a ten-lane highway along the alignment of an existing four-lane highway. It would cross Lake Washington from the east on a floating bridge, enter Seattle by a tunnel through the Mount Baker district, emerge and continue through a heavily populated area, and join 1-5, a north-south interstate highway. 1
Pursuant to the mandate of the court of appeals, 2 and upon the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- 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
- Named Individual Members of the San Antonio Conservation Society v. The Texas Highway Department, and the United States Department OftransportationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Roosevelt Lathan and Pearline Lathan, His Wife v. John A. Volpe, as Secretary of the United States Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Sierra Club v. HardinDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1971
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Lathan v. BrinegarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Leschi Improvement Council v. Washington State Highway CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1974
- Life Of The Land v. BrinegarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Bruce M. And Dorothy v. Cady v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
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