Nashville I-40 Steering Committee, Etc. v. Buford Ellington, Governor

This is an appeal pursuant to *28 U.S.C. § 1292(a) (i) from the order of the District Court denying a preliminary injunction to restrain officials of the State of Tennessee from constructing a section of Interstate Highway 1-40 along its planned route in North Nashville, which is a predominantly Negro area of Nashville, Tennessee. The section of the proposed highway under attack is approximately 3.6 miles long and is a link in a highway extending from Memphis in West Tennessee through and beyond Ashville, North Carolina.

Jurisdiction of the District Court was invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331…