ELR Citation: ELR 20079
No(s). 2655-69 (D.D.C. Jan 27, 1971)

Preliminary injunction granted barring defendants' further construction of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal pending a final ruling on plaintiffs' contention that canal construction causes irreparable damage to timber and acquatic life and violates the National Environmental Policy Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act and the legislation authorizing the canal's construction. Defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of standing, failure of subject matter jurisdiction (arguing sovereign immunity) denied.

Counsel for EDF, Florida Defenders of the Environment and 10 individual plaintiffs:
Edward Lee Rogers
P.O. Box Drawer 740
Stony Brook, NY 11790
(516) 751-5191

Jon T. Brown
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 296-4325

Counsel for Corps of Engineers, Stanley Resor and General Frederick B. Clarke:
Martin Green
Stuart B. Schoenberg
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 737-8200, ext. 2709