NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION v. COLEMAN

Civ. A. No. J75-129(N).

400 F.Supp. 705 (1975)

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION and Mississippi Wildlife Federation, Plaintiffs, v. William T. COLEMAN, Secretary, Department of Transportation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

August 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Spencer Gilbert, III, Jackson, Miss., Robert J. Golten, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Frank E. Shanahan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Joe E. Brown, Asst. U.S. Atty., Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

NIXON, District Judge.

The Plaintiffs in this action brought suit under Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1653(f)) and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. § 1536), seeking to halt the construction of a segment of Interstate Highway Route 10 (I-10) through the habitat of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane in Jackson County, Mississippi. A full hearing on the merits...

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