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SAVE OUR WETLANDS v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

No. 75-1750.

549 F.2d 1021 (1977)

SAVE OUR WETLANDS, INC. (SOWL), et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauche F. Villere, Jr., Luke Fontana, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., John R. Schupp, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Patrick J. Berrigan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Slidell, La., for St. Tammany Parish.

Stephen A. Duczer, Ralph L. Kaskell, Jr., Slidell, La., Harry S. Anderson, Charles K. Reasonover, New Orleans, La., for Leisure, Inc.

Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., George R. Hyde, Robert L. Klarquist, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 16, 1977.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in this environmental case are appealing from an order and judgment dismissing their complaint on the ground that it is barred by laches. Save Our Wetlands, Inc. ("SOWL"), a Louisiana non-profit corporation, and Francois Jelalian, a private individual, brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief on October 29, 1974, naming as defendants 37 individuals...

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