Legal Opinion
Roosevelt Lathan and Pearline Lathan, His Wife v. John A. Volpe, as Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1972No. 71-1149PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, residents of a section of downtown Seattle through which a proposed interstate highway is to be built, seek to halt all further acquisitions of property by state highway officials until certain statutory, administrative, and constitutional requirements are met. Defendants are the Secretary of Transportation and various federal and state highway administrators. Plaintiffs appeal from denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction. We vacate the order and remand.
A. The facts.
After several years of preliminary study, beginning in 1944 and continuing into…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Ohio Oil Co. v. ConwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- J. W. Schwartz, Individually and as Commanding General of the United States Army, Letterman General Hospital v. Napoleon CovingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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