Legal Opinion
Cape Henry Bird Club v. Laird
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided April 2, 1973No. Civ. A. 73-C-9-RPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This .case represents a relatively new and growing subject of court litigation relating to the effects of man’s projects upon his environment. In this instance it concerns the construction of the Gathright Dam which is being built on the Jackson River in Alleghany and Bath Counties, Virginia. The original plaintiffs and all plaintiff-intervenors have asked this court to grant a permanent injunction against any further construction on the dam.
The Congress of the ^United States has, on previous occasions, considered the Gathright project.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of America, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Intervenor. Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Arlington Coalition on Transportation v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Robert F. Froehlke, Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- The Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, Inc. v. Glenn T. SeaborgCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Trout Unlimited v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- County of Suffolk, County of Nassau, Town of Islip, Town of Hempstead, Town of North Hempstead, Town of Oyster Bay, Town of Huntington, and the Board of Trustees of the Town, of Huntington and Concerned Citizens of Montauk, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, and New York Gas Group, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, National Supply Company, Continental Oil Company, Diamond M. Drilling Company, Digicon, Inc., Dresser Industries, Inc., Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Murphy Oil Corporation, Ocean Production Company, Transco Companies, Inc. And Zapata Corporation, Intervenor-Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- County of Suffolk v. Secretary of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Trout Unlimited v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Minnesota Public Interest Research Group and Sierra Club v. Earl v. Butz, Individually and as Secretary of Agriculture,appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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