SIERRA CLUB v. FROEHLKE

No. 75-1252.

534 F.2d 1289 (1976)

SIERRA CLUB, a corporation, et al., Appellants, v. Robert F. FROEHLKE, Secretary of the Army, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Kohn, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants; Cynthia C. Bottini and Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

Michael A. McCord, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees; Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, George R. Hyde, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Donald J. Stohr, U. S. Atty., and David W. Harlan, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief.

John W. Howald and James E. Bowles, Hillsboro, Mo., for amicus curiae, Meramec Basin Assn.

Robert J. Golten and Oliver A. Houck, Attys., Natl. Wildlife Federation, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, Natl. Wildlife Federation.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

This case is an appeal from a district court judgment denying injunctive and declaratory relief. The plaintiffs-appellants, Sierra Club and several named individuals, seek to enjoin construction of the Meramec Park Lake Dam and any other dams planned in the Meramec Basin. The District Court denied such relief. We affirm.

The original complaint in this action was filed on September...

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