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· 10/9/1980

Coalition for Canyon Preservation v. Karl S. Bowers, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration

Citations

  • 632 F.2d 774
  • 63 A.L.R. Fed. 1
  • 11 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20053
  • 15 ERC (BNA) 1072
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 13247
  • 15 ERC 1072

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “In considering laches claims, it is relevant that the plaintiff will not be the only victim of possible envi- ronmental damage.”
  • the adequacy of an EIS is measured by a test of objective good faith
  • no significant prejudice where right of way cleared, but road not built
  • where “the EIS gave no hints where to search or whether studies were in fact performed, . . . . the EIS fail[ed] to give decision makers who are removed from the initial decision sufficient data from which to draw their own conclusions[.]”

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Judges: Kennedy, Skopil, Alarcon

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