Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Mason
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided October 26, 1973No. Civ. B-582PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTIONS TO VACATE AND MODIFY INJUNCTION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
These motions raise issues concerning the role of a District Court in the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4331 et seq. Plaintiff brought this suit to prevent the statutory violation that it reasonably apprehended because of the defendants’ plan to undertake a project to dredge the New Haven harbor and dump the spoil into Long Island Sound without filing the environmental impact statement required by the Act. Plaintiff secured a preliminary injunction on October…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United Transportation Union v. State Bar of MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- King-Seeley Thermos Co. v. Aladdin Industries, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Roy Ferrell v. Trailmobile, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Conservation Society of Southern Vermont, Inc. v. Secretary of TransportationDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1973
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Earl v. Butz, Individually, and as Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Secretary of Environmental Affairs v. Massachusetts Port AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- North Carolina Alliance for Transportation Reform, Inc. v. United States Department of TransportationDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2010
- Crutchfield v. United States Army Corps of EngineersDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2001
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