Legal Opinion
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Costle
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 16, 1977No. 74-C-1698PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARTELS, District Judge.
Eight privately funded, non-profit public interest environmental organizations whose members utilize and depend upon the water resources of Nassau and Suffolk Counties (“Bi-County area”), bring this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), its Administrator, and its Regional Administrator for the New York area (“federal defendants”) and the Governor of the State of New York, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) and its Commissioner (“state defendants”) against the funding and…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,041 Sonesta International Hotels Corporation v. Wellington AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by5 opinions
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