FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, INC. v. BRINEGAR

No. 74-3490.

518 F.2d 322 (1975)

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Claude S. BRINEGAR et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Hoffman, Jr., Ferguson, Hoffman, Henn & Mandel, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas M. O'Connor, City Atty., William F. Bourne, Utilities General Counsel, Jerome Cohen, David I. Kroopnick, Deputy City Attys., for defendants-appellees City and County of San Francisco.

John D. Leshy, Palo Alto, Cal., Natural Resources Defense Counsel, amicus curiae.

Darrell P. McCrory, Montellone & McCrory, Los Angeles, Cal., for Stockton Steel Fabricators, amicus curiae.

Before KOELSCH, BROWNING and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.


PUBLISHED ORDER

Appellants are a non-profit environmental organization and thirteen individuals who live near the San Francisco International Airport. They seek to compel preparation of an environmental impact statement for the airport's expansion program, contending that such a statement is required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. Specifically, appellants seek to enjoin certain federal officials from committing any...

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