HARLEM VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ASS'N v. STAFFORD

No. 73 Civ. 1330.

360 F.Supp. 1057 (1973)

HARLEM VALLEY TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. George M. STAFFORD, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, Individually and in his Designated Official Capacity, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hoppen, Ardsley-on-Hudson, N. Y., for plaintiffs, Harlem Valley Transportation Association, and others.

Thomas L. Creel, New York City, for plaintiff, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.; Stuart J. Sinder, New York City, of counsel.

Fritz R. Kahn, Gen. Counsel, Arthur J. Cerra, Deputy Gen. Counsel, James F. Tao, Atty., Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for defendants; Christopher Roosevelt, Daniel Riesel, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel.


FRANKEL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief against alleged violations of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. (1970) ("NEPA"), in the procedures attendant upon abandonments of rail lines under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The plaintiffs are an array of public-interest corporations and associations, business corporations, and individuals variously interested in continued...

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