COUNCIL OF COMMUTER ORGANIZATIONS v. METRO. TRANSP. AUTH.

No. 858, Docket 81-7804.

683 F.2d 663 (1982)

COUNCIL OF COMMUTER ORGANIZATIONS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Corwin, Brooklyn, N. Y. (William Hoppen, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Francis P. Barron, New York City (David Boies and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees Metropolitan Transp. Authority and related authorities and individuals.

Gaines Gwathmey, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (John S. Martin, Jr., U. S. Atty., Richard N. Papper, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for federal defendants-appellees.

John G. Proudfit, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., and Shirley Siegel, Sol. Gen., Albany, N. Y., on the brief), for New York State defendants-appellees.

Marjorie Bornes, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City (Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel, and Ronald E. Sternberg, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Edward I. Koch.

Wikler, Gottlieb, Taylor & Howard, Harry A. Gottlieb, Leonard H. Moche and Glenn Backer, New York City, submitted a brief for defendants-appellees Tri-State Regional Planning Com'n and related individuals.

Before LUMBARD, FRIENDLY and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

Litigation to enforce the complex regulatory pattern established by the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7642 (Supp. III 1979), may be brought in a district court or a court of appeals, depending upon the relief sought. In general, a court of appeals may consider challenges to agency action taken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), § 7607(b),1 and a district court is the proper forum for...

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