VIRGINIANS FOR DULLES v. VOLPE

Civ. A. No. 507-70-A.

344 F.Supp. 573 (1972)

VIRGINIANS FOR DULLES et al., Plaintiffs, v. John VOLPE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

May 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard S. Cohen, Cohen & Rosenblum, Alexandria, Va., Scott Lang, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Joseph M. Spivey, III, T. S. Ellis, III, Hunton, Williams, Gay & Gibson, Richmond, Va., George Weisz, George J. Grumbach, Jr., Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, for Airline defendants.

Frederick L. Miller, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Land and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Leonard Ceruzzi, Federal Aviation Administration, for United States.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Jr., District Judge.

This suit is an action for injunctive and declaratory relief against a number of named defendants, but is basically against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as operator of the Washington National Airport (WNA) and against the commercial airlines which operate jet aircraft at that airport. It involves alleged pollution from aircraft emissions and aircraft noise.

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