CHICK v. HILLS

No. 75-1274.

528 F.2d 445 (1976)

James J. CHICK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carla A. HILLS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Padnos, Boston, Mass., for appellants.

David L. Whitney, Boston, Mass., for Boston Redevelopment Authority, appellee.

Jeffrey Swope, Boston, Mass., with whom Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for E.T.C. Development Inc., and others, appellees.

Albert F. Cullen, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom John G. Carberry, Boston, Mass., and Nessen & Csaplar, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, appellee.

Michael A. McCord, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Walter Kiechel, Jr., Acting Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, and Carl Strass, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Carla A. Hills, etc., appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, and McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal by a group of residents of the South End of Boston from the dismissal of their suit to enjoin the financing and construction of a federally subsidized housing project in their neighborhood. They alleged that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had failed to comply with § 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4332, in connection with the project.1 In particular...

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