CITIZENS FOR A BETTER HENDERSON v. HODEL

Nos. 84-2149, 84-2177.

768 F.2d 1051 (1985)

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER HENDERSON; Yellowrose Ltd., a limited partnership; Robert B. Branch and Stuart L. Podell, as general partners of said limited partnership; and City of Henderson, a municipal corporation. Nevada Wildlife Federation, Inc., an affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, Robert Burford, Director of the Bureau of Land Management; Edward Sprang, Director of the Nevada State Office of the Bureau of Land Management; Ed Hastey, Director of the California State Office of the Bureau of Land Management; Roland G. Robinson, Director of the Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, Robert Broadbent, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Intermountain Power Project; and City of Los Angeles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shauna Hughes, Henderson, Nev., Elizabeth J. Foley, John P. Foley, Las Vegas, Nev., for Citizens for a Better Henderson, et al.

Arthur E. Gowran, Washington, D.C., Henry C. Thumann, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for Hodel, et al.

Before GOODWIN, HUG and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Citizens for a Better Henderson, the City of Henderson and other plaintiffs (Henderson) appeal from dismissal of their action for injunctive and declaratory relief. Henderson sought to enjoin construction of a direct-current transmission line on multi-story towers within the city limits. The case turns on the sufficiency of an environmental impact statement. We affirm.

The Intermountain Power Project (the Project) involves the construction...

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