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SIERRA CLUB v. SECRETARY OF TRANSP.

No. 85-1280.

779 F.2d 776 (1985)

SIERRA CLUB, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees, Maine Department of Transportation, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cabanne Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., for State of Me., was on brief for defendant, appellant.

Edward F. Lawson with whom Peter L. Koff, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Maine Department of Transportation (Maine DOT) appeals a ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Maine in favor of the Sierra Club, the plaintiff below, holding that the Coast Guard had arbitrarily and capriciously issued a permit for the construction of a "bridge" between Kidder Point, Maine, and Sears Island, Maine. The district court revoked the permit. The Coast Guard, which was also named as a...

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