The termination of the Cross-Florida Barge Canal, ordered by President Nixon in 1971, is held to violate the separation-of-powers doctrine and NEPA. The Forest Service's environmental impact statement, which recommended the partial draining of an artificial lake that is part of the project, was inva...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a 4-3 decision written by Judge Wright, holds that plaintiffs in the Alaska pipeline litigation are entitled to an award of attorney fees against the private oil pipeline company defendant. Plaintiffs' posture in enforcing the right ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismisses for lack of jurisdiction a petition to review an Atomic Energy Commission order excluding certain environmental, accident, and energy conservation issues from consideration in an application to construct a third nuclear power plant on the so...

The court refuses to revoke the building permits and enioin further construction of two complexes of offices, shops, and parking garages for which permits were granted and construction begun after the effective date of the District of Columbia Implementation Plan but prior to promulgation of its rev...

An agreement between EPA and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) that regulation of the discharge of radioactive byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials from nuclear generating plants is under the AEC's exclusive jurisdiction is upheld as being in accordance with the provisions of the Federa...

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation is enjoined from constructing a federally funded bypass highway segment until a NEPA environmental impact statement has been filed and additional hearings have been held in accordance with the requirements of §128 of the Federal Highway Act. The court rules that...

The court affirms a lower court ruling that defendants have complied with the effective provisions of the state Environmental Policy Act with respect to a planned new terminal and parking garage at Logan Airport, but reverses the lower court's holding that the city health department's air pollution ...

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower court ruling that found inadequate and remanded to the Secretary of Transportation his refusal to approve the use of parkland in Memphis for highway construction. Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 requires the Secretary t...

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) be prepared in conjunction with the approval by a Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), of a proposal for the annexation by a city of 677 acres of agricultural land with residential and commercial...

The court holds moot an action to halt two projects for the enlargement of the Portland Airport and the construction of an interstate highway bridge, both of which would entail extensive dredging and filling of the Columbia River, since plans for both projects have been abandoned. The court denies p...