ELR Citation: ELR 20001
No(s). s. 69-Civ. 295 et al (S.D.N.Y. Jul 11, 1969)

Corps permit for landfill along nine miles of Hudson River for proposed expressway voided. Future permits enjoined. Army Corps of Engineers exceeded its authority under Rivers and Harbors Act and Transportation Act of 1966 by issuing permit for dike and causeway without prior approval of Congress and Department of Transportation. Plaintiffs, Citizens Committee, Sierra Club, and Village of Tarrytown, have standing; court has subject matter jurisdiction under APA §701. Second Circuit opinion affirming district court at 1 ELR 20006.

Counsel for Citizens Committee, Sierra Club and Village of Tarrytown:
David Sive
Alfred S. Forwyth
Sigmund Andermund
David Perlmutter Winer, Neuburger & Sive
445 Park Avenue
New York, NY
(212) 421-2150

Counsel for John Volpe:
Shiro Kashiwa Assistant Attorney General
Robert S. Lynch
Edmund B. Clark Attorneys
Department of Justice
Washington, DC
(202) 739-2701, 739-2748, 739-2756

Whitney North Seymour, Jr. United States Attorney
Peter R. Defilippi Assistant United States Attorney
New York, NY 10007
(212) 264-6118

Counsel for Defendant-Intervenor N.Y. Commissioner of Transportation:
Samuel A. Hirschowitz First Assistant Attorney General
Joel Sachs
Mark T. Walsh Assistant Attorneys General
80 Centre Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 488-4141, 488-3474, 488-3323