ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC. v. CALLAWAY

No. 74-1011.

497 F.2d 1340 (1974)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Howard H. CALLAWAY, Secretary of the Army, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A. Benson, II, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

Eva R. Datz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Lyman Field and F. Philip Kirwan, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge, ROSS, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This action arises under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq., and presents the issue of whether or not an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) filed under section 102 of NEPA is adequate to meet the requirements of that statute. The district court held that the EIS was adequate and refused to give the plaintiffs the injunctive relief they sought. We affirm that decision.

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