Legal Opinion
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Alexander
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided October 1, 1980No. EC 77-53, 77-54-KPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
This is another chapter in the saga of the ongoing controversy relating to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (TTW), a navigation project in Alabama and Mississippi which Congress authorized in 1946 and commenced funding in 1971.
On July 14, 1971, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. (EDF), Committee for Leaving the Environment of America Natural (CLEAN) and James D. Williams brought a class action on behalf of all persons aggrieved or detrimentally affected by the project against the Secretary of the Army, Chief of Engineers and United States Corps of Engineers…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Environmental Defense Fund v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Izaak Walton League of America v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- City of Shoreacres v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
- County of Bergen v. DoleDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1985
- Environmental Defense Fund v. MarshCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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