SOUTHEAST LEGAL DEFENSE GROUP v. ADAMS

Nos. 78-2442, 78-2450 and 78-2516.

657 F.2d 1118 (1981)

The SOUTHEAST LEGAL DEFENSE GROUP, an unincorporated association; et al., and Vera L. Creekpaul and Edith Anderson, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Brock ADAMS, et al., Defendants, and The State of Oregon, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 9, 1980.

Decided October 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Merten, Portland, Or., for Southeast Legal Defense Group.

Walter L. Barrie, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., argued for the State of Or. et al.; William F. Nessly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., Jennings Bryan Miller, Baton Rouge, La., Gary Roberts and J. Richard Forester, Portland, Or., on brief.

Before BROWNING and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, District Judge.


TAKASUGI, District Judge:

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs, consisting of nineteen (19) individuals and one association, initiated suit in the District Court of Oregon seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against federal ("federal defendants") and state highway officials, the State of Oregon through the State Highway Commission and members thereof ("state defendants") in their individual and official capacities, to enjoin the construction of the Mount Hood Freeway...

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