CITIZENS TO PRESERVE OVERTON PARK, INC., et al., Original Plaintiffs,
and
Sierra Club et al., Intervening Plaintiffs,
v.
John A. VOLPE, Secretary, Department of Transportation, and Charles W. Speight, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Highways, Original Defendants,
and
City of Memphis et al., Intervening Defendants.
United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 5, 1972.
January 5, 1972.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John W. Vardaman, Jr., Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C., Charles F. Newman, Burch, Porter & Johnson, Memphis, Tenn., for original plaintiffs Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc., Deupree and Snyder.
Michael R. Lackner, Memphis, Tenn., Paul Henry Kidd, Monroe, La., for plaintiff Sunshine Snyder.
H. Donald Harris, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., John W. Vardaman, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Charles F. Newman, Memphis, Tenn., for Sierra Club.
Donald C. Hays, New York City, John W. Vardaman, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Charles F. Newman, Memphis, Tenn., for National Audubon Society: (plaintiff)
John W. Vardaman, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Charles F. Newman, Memphis, Tenn., and Robert M. Kennan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff National Wildlife Federation.
Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., James N. Raines, Asst. U. S. Atty., David C. Porteous, Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for defendant Volpe.
David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., of Tennessee, Lurton C. Goodpasture, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn.; J. Alan Hanover, James B. Jalenak, Hanover, Walsh, Barnes & Jalenak, Memphis, Tenn., Special counsel, for defendant Speight.
Dale Woodall, Evans, Petree, Cobb & Edwards, Memphis, Tenn., for intervening defendants City of Memphis, Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Future Memphis, Inc., and Downtown Association.
United States District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
BAILEY BROWN, Chief Judge.
This is an action to enjoin the Secretary of Transportation from releasing federal funds to the Highway Department of the State of Tennessee for construction of a segment of an interstate highway through Overton Park in Memphis. This Court granted summary judgment for defendants. 309 F.Supp. 1189 (1970). The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed.
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