LATHAN v. VOLPE

Civ. A. No. 8986.

350 F.Supp. 262 (1972)

Roosevelt LATHAN and Pearline Lathan, his wife, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John A. VOLPE, as Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington, at Seattle.

August 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Fox, Legal Services Center, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Albert E. Stephan, First Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for Federal Defendants.

Thomas R. Garlington, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for State.

Roger M. Leed, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff intervenors.


OPINION

BEEKS, Chief Judge.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This is one of a trilogy of cases involving the construction of I-90, an interstate highway, through the State of Washington. The proposed segment involved herein would create a ten-lane highway along the alignment of an existing four-lane highway. It would cross Lake Washington from the east on a floating bridge, enter Seattle by a tunnel through the Mount Baker district, emerge and continue...

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