HANLY v. MITCHELL

No. 791, Docket 72-1354.

460 F.2d 640 (1972)

Denis HANLY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John M. MITCHELL, as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Julien, New York City (Julien Glaser, Blitz & Schlesinger, Jesse A. Epstein, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Milton Sherman, Asst. U. S. Atty., (Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty., for the Southern District of New York; Michael D. Hess, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before WATERMAN, HAYS and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case raises important issues under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. § 4331 et seq., a statute whose meaning is more uncertain than most, not merely because it is relatively new, but also because of the generality of its phrasing. Thus the Act recognizes "the profound influences of . . . high-density urbanization . . . [and] the critical importance of restoring and maintaining environmental quality to the overall...

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