1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 515 F.2d
  5. 515 F.2d 513 (1975)
 

PORTER CTY. CH. OF IZAAK WALTON L. v. ATOMIC E. COM'N

No. 74-1751.

515 F.2d 513 (1975)

PORTER COUNTY CHAPTER OF the IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Petitioners, and The People of the State of Illinois, ex rel. William J. Scott, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and The City of Gary, Indiana, Petitioners-Intervenors, v. The ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION and the United States of America, Respondents, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company, Respondent-Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Vollen, Edward W. Osann, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Gary L. Starkman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Carl Strass, Wallace H. Johnson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Raymond M. Zimmet, Leon Silverstrom, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C., William H. Eichhorn, Hammond, Ind., for respondents.

David C. Jensen, Hammond, Ind., Charles A. Ruckman, Jay Robert Miertschin, Jr., and Michael I. Swygert, Gary, Ind., William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Richard W. Cosby, Marvin N. Benn and Russell R. Eggert, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Maurice Axelrad, Washington, D. C., for intervenors.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SPRECHER and TONE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 28, 1975.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the sensitive issue of whether the Atomic Energy Commission in approving the site of a commercial nuclear reactor gave due consideration to the population density and use characteristics of the site environs.

I

On August 24, 1970, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) submitted its application for a construction permit and operating...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases