CITIZENS FOR MASS TRANSIT, INC. v. ADAMS

No. 80-3492.

630 F.2d 309 (1980)

CITIZENS FOR MASS TRANSIT, INC. and Save Our Wetlands, Inc. (SOWL), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Brock ADAMS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Transportation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. CONCERNED CITIZENS OF ALGIERS, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Brock ADAMS, in his official capacity as Secretary of Transportation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

November 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Derbes, Luke J. Fontana, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathryn A. Oberly, Land & Natural Resources Div., Arthur E. Gowran, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Brock, et al.

Louis B. Porterie, New Orleans, La., Philip, K. Jones and Sharon F. Lyles, James B. Frederick, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for State of Louisiana, et al.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and GEE, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

The issue on this appeal is the adequacy of a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) filed pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).1 Plaintiffs, Citizens for Mass Transit, Inc. (CMT), Save Our Wetlands, Inc. (SOWL), and Concerned Citizens of Algiers, Inc. (CCA) (collectively, the Citizens Groups), challenge the district court's determination that the FEIS filed by defendant United States...

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