CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. NHTSA

Nos. 86-1649, 86-1651, 86-1652, 89-1277 and 89-1403.

912 F.2d 478 (1990)

CITY OF LOS ANGELES and City of New York, Petitioners, v. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, et al., Respondents, Automobile Importers of America, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Intervenors. CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY, et al., Petitioners, v. Diane K. STEED, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, et al., Respondents, Automobile Importers of America, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Intervenors. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Petitioners, v. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, et al., Respondents, Automobile Importers of America, Inc., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Intervenors. NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, Respondent, Automobile Importers of America, Inc., Ford Motor Company, The City of New York, General Motors Corporation, Intervenors. CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY and Public Citizen, Petitioners, v. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Lehner with whom Peter L. Zimroth, and William L. Waterhouse, for City of Los Angeles and the City of New York, Cornish F. Hitchcock, Alan B. Morrison, and Clarence M. Ditlow, III, for Center for Auto Safety, et al., and Theodore Berger, Craig C. Thompson, and Susan Durbin, for People of the State of Cal., et al., were on the joint brief for petitioners City of Los Angeles and the City of New York, et al., in Nos. 86-1649, 86-1651, and 86-1652. Gary R. Netzer, Sr. and Roger J. Holt also entered appearances for City of Los Angeles and the City of New York.

Ralph C. Cavanagh with whom Richard E. Ayres, for Natural Resources Defense Council, Cornish F. Hitchcock, Alan B. Morrison, and Clarence M. Ditlow, III, for Center for Auto Safety and Public Citizen were on the joint brief, for petitioners Natural Resources Defense Council, et al., in Nos. 89-1277 and 89-1403.

John A. Bryson and Barbara C. Biddle, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, with whom Richard B. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dirk D. Snel, John F. Cordes, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Kenneth N. Weinstein and Susan L. Rives, Attorneys, Nat. Highway Traffic Safety Admin., were on the joint brief for respondents in all cases.

Edward W. Warren with whom Frederick M. Rowe, John Gibson Mullan, Thomas L. Arentt, for General Motors Corp., Charles H. Lockwood, II, and John T. Whatley, for Auto. Importers of America, Inc., James A. Brown, for Ford Motor Co., were on the joint brief for intervenors General Motors Corp., et al., in all cases. Arthur F. Sampson, III, David Norrell, Washington, D.C., and William L. Weber, Jr., Detroit, Mich., also entered appearances for General Motors Corp.

Peter L. Zimroth, New York City, was on the brief for intervenor City of New York in No. 89-1277.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and RUTH BADER GINSBURG, and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court PER CURIAM.

Opinion for the Court and dissenting on NRDC standing filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

Opinion for the Court on NRDC standing and dissenting on the failure to issue an EIS for Model Years 1987-1988 filed by Chief Judge WALD.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioners brought two separate challenges, under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),...

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