CITY OF NEW HAVEN v. CHANDLER

Civ. No. N-77-406.

446 F.Supp. 925 (1978)

CITY OF NEW HAVEN, Plaintiff, v. John P. CHANDLER, as Division Engineer, United States Army Corps of Engineers for the New England Division, Clifford Alexander, as Secretary of the Army, and the United Illuminating Company, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

February 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Fisher, Deputy Corp. Counsel, City of New Haven, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

Peter N. Cooper, Sosnoff, Cooper & Whitney, New Haven, Conn., for amicus curiae, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

Noel E. Hanf, and William J. Doyle, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., for defendant United Illuminating Co.

Frank H. Santoro, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for defendants Chandler and Alexander.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

DALY, District Judge.

The City of New Haven (the City) has requested that this Court permanently enjoin the construction of three electrical transmission towers being built by the defendant United Illuminating Company (the Company) in New Haven Harbor alongside the Quinnipiac Bridge (Interstate 95) under a permit issued by the defendant U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps).1 The City argues that the...

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