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KENT COUNTY COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION v. ROMNEY

Civ. Nos. 6174, 6175.

304 F.Supp. 885 (1969)

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, Plaintiff, v. George W. ROMNEY, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Defendant. KENT COUNTY COUNCIL FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, Plaintiff, v. Chris SONNEVELT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Michigan, S. D.

October 3, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben Clark, Michael R. Klein, Washington, D. C., Edward M. Smith, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff, Kent County Council for Historic Preservation.

Carl F. Goodman, Atty., Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant, George W. Romney, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Steven L. Dykema, City Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants Chris Sonnevelt, Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids, and others.

Varnum, Riddering, Wierengo & Christenson, by Clifford C. Christenson, Jon F. DeWitt, Grand Rapids, Mich., for intervenor, Union Bank & Trust Co.

MEMORANDUM

THORNTON, District Judge.

"This is a case of first impression insofar as the National Historic Sites Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. § 470 et seq. is concerned, certainly in its application to the urban renewal process. Plaintiff is unaware of any reported decisions construing this Act. Potentially, it is a landmark case. For as it is true of the Act itself, the issue at hand is the capacity of the American...

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