JACKSON SAWMILL COMPANY, INC., a corporation, Allen G. Bohmer, Dr. Paul T. Scoggins, and the Reverend Daniel D. McKee, Appellants,
v.
The UNITED STATES of America, the Honorable William T. Coleman, Individually and as Secretary of Transportation of the United States, the Honorable Daniel Walker, Governor of the State of Illinois, Langhorne M. Bond, Individually and as Secretary of the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois, the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois, the City of East St. Louis, William Mason, Individually and as Mayor of the City of East St. Louis, Jack Curtis, Individually and as Chairman of the State Highway Commission of Missouri, the State Highway Commission of Missouri, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the Honorable Joseph Teasdale, Governor of the State of Missouri, the State of Missouri and the State of Illinois, Appellees.
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Submitted April 11, 1978.
Decided July 12, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth F. Teasdale, Armstrong, Teasdale, Kramer & Vaughan, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; by Richard A. Oertli and Timothy K. Kellett, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.
Paul J. Bargiel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for appellees, State of Illinois, et al.; William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Stephen R. Swofford, and Patricia Rosen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., on brief.
Andrew Vrtjak, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oakbrook, Ill., for appellee, Illinois State Toll Highway Authority; William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., and Walter K. Pyle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oakbrook, Ill., on brief.
Thomas M. Pearson, Asst. Counsel, Missouri State Highway Commission, Kirkwood, Mo., for Missouri appellees; John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., and J. Paul Allred, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., Bruce A. Ring, Chief Counsel, State Highway Bldg., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief.
Joseph B. Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for Federal appellees; Robert D. Kingsland, U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief.
Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
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