NAMED IND. MEM. OF SAN ANTONIO CON. SOC. v. TEXAS HY. DEPT.

No. 30915.

446 F.2d 1013 (1971)

NAMED INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF the SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT et al., and the United States Department of Transportation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Vardaman, Jr., Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Seagal V. Wheatley, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Samuel D. McDaniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., for State appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 21, 1971.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

We enter a new battleground in this case, guided by the solemn expression of Congressional will to preserve parklands and the environment from harm or destruction at the hands of federal aid projects. This appeal challenges the construction of a six-to-eight lane federal-aid expressway through the Brackenridge-Olmos Parklands located in the City of San Antonio, Texas. It...

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