Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Alexander
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 23, 1979No. Civ. A. 74-1190, 74-1191PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
This case involves the legality of the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ (“the Corps”) efforts to add a new “step” in the “stairway of the Mississippi.” The “stairway” is the series of dams and locks which descend from the headwaters of the Upper Mississippi River and which, together with dams and locks on the Illinois River, comprise the Upper Mississippi River Navigation System; the “step” is Lock and Dam 26, a new dam and a new 1200-foot lock proposed for construction at Alton, Illinois. 1 This structure will…
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