Keith v. Volpe

I

This action was initiated in 1972 against various federal and state agencies and officials responsible for funding and constructing the Century Freeway in Los Angeles County. The complaint sought to assure protection of the environment and to guarantee the availability of replacement housing for persons displaced by the freeway on a nondiscriminatory basis.1 In the claims that are relevant to this appeal, plaintiffs charged federal and state defendants with violating federal statutes protecting homeowners, tenants and businessmen who would be forced to relocate because of the construction of…