FRIENDS OF IWO JIMA v. NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING

No. 98-2109.

176 F.3d 768 (1999)

FRIENDS OF IWO JIMA; Gerald B.H. Solomon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION; U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; U.S. Department of the Interior; National Park Service; Air Force Memorial Foundation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Thomas Matthew Buchanan, Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Jeri Kaylene Somers, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia; Mitchell R. Berger, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Michael T. Dyson, WINSTON & STRAWN, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia; Benjamin L. Ginsberg, Benjamin G. Chew, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Josefa E. O'Malley, Office of the Solicitor, Division of Conservation and Wildlife, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; Sandra H. Shapiro, General, National Capital Planning Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, BROADWATER, United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation, and MICHAEL, Senior United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge BROADWATER and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

This case involves the complex and often contentious process of creating and siting a new memorial in our nation's capital. Specifically, it concerns an attempt to site a memorial to the United States Air Force at Arlington Ridge in Arlington, Virginia. The proposed Air Force Memorial will stand...

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