ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND v. JOHNSON

No. 79 Civ. 2228.

476 F.Supp. 126 (1979)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC., Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, Inc., and Rockland County Conservation Assoc., Inc., Plaintiff, v. James A. JOHNSON, Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, John W. Morris, Chief of Engineers, Clifford A. Alexander, Secretary of the Army, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

August 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. B. Tripp, New York City, for Environmental Defense Fund Inc.

Butzel & Kass, New York City, for Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, for defendants; John M. O'Connor, Jane E. Bloom, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

GAGLIARDI, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, a consortium of public interest organizations concerned with the conservation of the nation's scenic and natural resources, commenced this action for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that the defendants, the North Atlantic Division of the State Army Corps of Engineers and several of its officers, prepared plans for the Hudson River Skimming Project in violation of the Water Resources Planning Act ...

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