Legal Opinion
Eva Fritiofson v. Clifford Alexander, Jr., Secretary of the Army
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 7, 1985No. 84-2592PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
Eleven years ago, a home developer applied for a federal permit to dredge canals in the navigable waters around Galveston Island, Texas. From the beginning, environmental groups and neighboring landowners have fought against the development. They sought first to persuade, and then to compel, the Army Corps of Engineers to prepare a formal environmental impact statement, under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, be fore issuing the permit to dredge. Their attempts to persuade failed; the developer obtained a permit without preparation of an…
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