Legal Opinion
Citizens To Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1970No. Nos. 20344, 20345PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
The present action was brought by plaintiffs, Citizens to Preserve Overton Park (a corporation organized for the purpose its name implies), William W. Deupree, Sr. (a taxpayer), Sunshine K. Snyder (a taxpayer and owner of property affected by the proposed highway route), the Sierra Club (a nonprofit corporation organized for conservation of natural resources), and the Audubon Society, Inc. (also a conservation organization). The defendants are John A. Volpe, Secretary of Transportation, and Charles W. Speight, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Highways.1
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corporation v. Storm King CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
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- Ward v. AckroydDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
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