ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND v. TENNESSEE VAL. AUTH.

No. 72-1138.

468 F.2d 1164 (1972)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Pedersen, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants; Robert H. Marquis, Beauchamp E. Brogan, Justin M. Schwamm, T. V. A., Division of Law, Knoxville, Tenn., on brief.

Jon T. Brown, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellees; Wallace L. Duncan, Arthur J. Gajarsa, Washington, D. C., on brief; Edward Lee Rogers, East Setauket, N. Y., Lawrence R. Reno, Denver, Colo., of counsel.

Before WEICK, McCREE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


McCREE, Circuit Judge.

We consider the validity of a preliminary injunction issued against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and its officers and agents at the behest of three organizations and an individual asserting that they will be irreparably harmed if the TVA continues construction of the Tellico Project on the Little Tennessee River without filing the environmental impact statement specified in section 102(2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act...

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