Legal Opinion
Concerned Citizens on I-190 v. Secretary of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 9, 1981No. 80-1497, 80-1498PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This action was brought for declaratory and injunctive relief against further construction of a portion of Interstate 190, a federally-financed highway connector running through central Massachusetts from Worcester to Leominster. Appellants assert that three procedural prerequisites to completion of the project have not been adequately complied with: the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the holding of public hearings, and the determination whether lands to be used for the construction constitute significant recreation land. The applicable statutes…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- 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
- Arthur Silva v. James T. LynnCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Sierra Club v. John O. Marsh, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Public Welfare v. Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Sierra Club and William O'Neil v. John O. Marsh, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Eric M. Enos v. John O. MarshCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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