Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Committee on Energy v. General Services Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 16, 1977No. 76-1530PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Rhode Island Committee on Energy and individuals residing near the Charlestown Naval Auxiliary Landing Field (NALF) in Rhode Island filed suit in late 1974 to block the impending sale by the General Services Administration (GSA) of the “surplus” Navy site to the Narragansett Electric Company which plans to build a nuclear power plant on the property. They sought a declaration that the sale to the power company would violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality’s guidelines and GSA’s own guidelines for complying…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- John E. Lane, Representative of the Estate of G. Kendrick Strong, Deceased v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
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