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CAPE HENRY BIRD CLUB v. LAIRD

Civ. A. No. 73-C-9-R.

359 F.Supp. 404 (1973)

CAPE HENRY BIRD CLUB et al., Plaintiffs, v. Melvin R. LAIRD et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

April 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gladys Kessler, Berlin, Roisman & Kessler, Washington, D. C., Stanley E. Sacks, Girard C. Larkin, Jr., Sacks, Sacks & Tavss, Norfolk, Va., and Holman Willis, Jr., Roanoke, Va., for plaintiffs.

Paul R. Thomson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Roanoke, Va., Irwin Schroeder, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Gary L. Bohlke, Corps of Engineers, Washington, D. C., for U. S. and others, defendants.

William T. Wilson, Collins & Wilson, Covington, Va., for Covington-Alleghany County Chamber of Commerce and James River Basin, defendant-intervenors.

Clarence W. Allison, Jr., Commonwealth Atty., Covington, Va., for Bd. of Supervisors of Alleghany County, defendant-intervenor.

William Carson, City Atty., Covington, Va., for City of Covington, defendant-intervenor.

James R. Saul, Asst. City Atty., Richmond, Va., for City of Richmond, defendant-intervenor.

C. Shepherd Nowlin, City Atty., Lynchburg, Va., for City of Lynchburg, defendant-intervenor.

William Goode, City Atty., Clifton Forge, Va., for City of Clifton Forge, defendant-intervenor.

Erwin S. Solomon, Commonwealth Atty., Hot Springs, Va., for Bd. of Supervisors of Bath County, defendant-intervenor.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This case represents a relatively new and growing subject of court litigation relating to the effects of man's projects upon his environment. In this instance it concerns the construction of the Gathright Dam which is being built on the Jackson River in Alleghany and Bath Counties, Virginia. The original plaintiffs and all plaintiff-intervenors have asked this court to grant a permanent injunction...

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