Legal Opinion
Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided February 26, 1970No. Civ. A. C-70-17PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND JUDGMENT
BAILEY BROWN, Chief Judge.
This is an action to enjoin the Secretary of Transportation from releasing federal funds to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee for construction of a segment of an expressway in the City of Memphis through Overton Park, which is a municipally owned and operated park used for a zoo and other recreational purposes. Plaintiffs Deupree and Snyder are residents, property owners and taxpayers in the City of Memphis; plaintiff Citizens To Preserve Overton Park, Inc., is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated by Memphians…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vitarelli v. SeatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Nashville I-40 Steering Committee, Etc. v. Buford Ellington, GovernorCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Road Review League, Town of Bedford v. BoydDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
3Cited by18 opinions
- 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
- W. G. Nickol and Eva Rose Nickol, His Wife v. United States of America and Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Inc. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- D. C. Federation of Civic Associations, Inc. v. VolpeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1970
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1972
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