CONCERNED CITIZENS, ETC. v. SECRETARY OF TRANSP.

Nos. 80-1497, 80-1498.

641 F.2d 1 (1981)

CONCERNED CITIZENS ON I-190 et al., Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Cavers, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Katherine Hendricks, Stephen D. Anderson and Palmer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Charles K. Mone, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee U. S. Secretary of Transp.

Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Edward F. Vena, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. and Gadsby & Hannah, Boston, Mass., on brief, for appellees Commissioner of the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works and the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Circuit Judge, HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

This action was brought for declaratory and injunctive relief against further construction of a portion of Interstate 190, a federally-financed highway connector running through central Massachusetts from Worcester to Leominster. Appellants assert that three procedural prerequisites to completion of the project have not been adequately complied with: the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the holding of public hearings, and...

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