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BIDERMAN v. MORTON

No. 976, Docket 73-2842.

497 F.2d 1141 (1974)

George BIDERMAN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of Interior, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Cohn, New York City (Angus MacBeth, New York City, Thomas H. Jackson, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harold J. Friedman, Asst. U. S. Atty. E. D. N. Y. (Edward John Boyd V, Acting U. S. Atty. E. D. N. Y., on the brief; Raymond J. Dearie, Asst. U. S. Atty. E. D. N. Y., of counsel), for Federal defendants-appellees.

Edward S. Raskin, Asst. Islip Town Atty., Islip, N. Y. (Francis G. Caldevia, Islip Town Atty., Islip, N. Y., on the brief), for Islip defendants-appellees.

C. Francis Giaccone, Lake Ronkonkoma, N. Y., on the brief, for Brookhaven defendants-appellees.

J. Stewart McLaughlin, Bay Shore, N. Y., for Ocean Beach defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and HAYS and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

Efforts by environmentalists to preserve our natural habitat — in this instance, Fire Island — cannot help but strike a sympathetic chord. Indeed, this is particularly true where, as here, this laudable purpose appears frustrated by a federal statutory scheme which, despite its lofty terms, provides a mere chimera of environmental protection. Although appellants1 evoke our empathy and full...

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