Legal Opinion
Environmental Law Fund v. Volpe
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 22, 1972No. C-72-95PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
PECKHAM, District Judge.
Plaintiffs herein seek to enjoin construction of a Route 101 by-pass near Novato, California. The present Route 101 runs the length of the State of California and passes through the business section of Novato, where the traffic encounters low speed limits, three traffic signals, and congested conditions. Defendants have filed affidavits showing that a highway by-pass has been planned for over ten years, but various political misgivings about the exact route have prevented construction from taking place sooner. The project received location approval…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Named Individual Members of the San Antonio Conservation Society v. The Texas Highway Department, and the United States Department OftransportationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Roosevelt Lathan and Pearline Lathan, His Wife v. John A. Volpe, as Secretary of the United States Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- J. W. Schwartz, Individually and as Commanding General of the United States Army, Letterman General Hospital v. Napoleon CovingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the U. S. ARMYDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1971
- Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Environmental Defense Fund v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Bruce M. And Dorothy v. Cady v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Sierra Club v. Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the Army, Trinity River Authority of Texas, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Committee to Stop Route 7 v. VolpeDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1972
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