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ATLANTA COALITION, ETC. v. ATLANTA REGIONAL COM'N

No. 77-1921.

599 F.2d 1333 (1979)

ATLANTA COALITION ON the TRANSPORTATION CRISIS, INC., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Defendant Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Vardaman, Jr., Washington, D. C., John R. Myer, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Roland F. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, II, Exec. Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for Downing Musgrove, Ga. Dept. of Transportation, Frank Harscher, III and Ga. State Tollway Authority.

William D. Mallard, Asst. U. S. Atty, Richard L. Chambers, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., Edmund B. Clark, Atty., App. Section, Land & Nat. Res. Div., Washington, D. C., Carl Strass, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for federal defendants-appellees.

R. William Ide, III, Bettie W. Driver, Anne Emanuel, Atlanta, Ga., for Metropolitan Atlanta RTA.

William R. Bassett, Harvey M. Koenig, Atlanta, Ga., James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacques B. Gelin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for Atlanta Regional Commission.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, District Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The issue in this case is whether the defendants — the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the Georgia Department of Transportation (GaDOT), the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), and the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) — must prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the Regional Development Plan (RDP), the long-range transportation systems and land use planning guide for the...

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