The Interstate Commerce Commission must consider environmental factors and must file an environmental impact statement before it may authorize abandonment of a railroad line in Brooklyn, regardless of the advanced stage of the proceedings and the improbability of the existance of an alternative to a...

Inland lakes in Michigan over 10 acres in size are impressed with a public trust that prevents a private owner of the lake from polluting or destroying it. A mandatory injunction will issue to compel an owner of such a lake to remove a partial fill that he placed in the lake to deny trespassers from...

The District Court's determination, 336 F. Supp. 248 (1971), to abstain from decision pending state court resolution of an alleged conflict between Michigan's Watercraft Pollution Control Act of 1970 and the federal Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 is affirmed. The Michigan statute allegedly pr...

The Secretary of Interior has satisfied the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to his approval of various components of five major coal-fired electric generating stations—eventually consisting of 13 units capable of producing 7,172 megawatts located i...

The discharge by a creamery of liquid containing milk wastes and wash water with suspended solids flowing through a sewer into navigable water is in violation of the Refuse Act of 1899. The "streets and sewers" exemption from the Refuse Act covers only the discharge of organic solid matter present i...

The General Services Administration did not abuse its discretion in finding that the construction of a new federal office building in downtown Mobile would not have substantial enough an adverse effect on the environment to warrant the preparation of a detailed environmental impact statement. Plaint...

Plaintiff conservation organization failed to show the substantial probability of success on the merits required for a preliminary injunction to issue halting defendant Corps of Engineers' construction of the LaFarge Lake project on the Kickapoo River. The claim that defendant's final impact stateme...

Persons who supply information which leads to conviction under the Refuse Act are entitled to one-half of the fine imposed, and the court has no discretion to award less. However, where conviction is on a multi-count indictment, the language of the statute and sound policy do permit an award of less...

An action brought to compel agencies of the District of Columbia to strictly enforce the Air Quality Control Regulations of the District of Columbia is dismissed without prejudice upon a stipulated agreement. The settlement calls for prompt legal action against violators, including the government of...

The National Environmental Policy Act may in certain situations be applied to ongoing highway undertakings, but not where construction of the highway was over four-fifths complete as of the effective date of the Act. The trial court's dismissal of the action is affirmed on appeal.
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