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· 5/17/1983

Conservation Law Foundation of New England, Inc. v. General Services Administration

Citations

  • 707 F.2d 626
  • 19 ERC 1349
  • 13 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20556
  • 76 A.L.R. Fed. 263
  • 19 ERC (BNA) 1349
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 27588

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that, “GSA ... has no power [under NEPA or any other law] to control” development on former government land once that land has been sold
  • “GSA has no power to assure that the ... development plans [for former federal lands] are ever implemented”
  • “fact that GSA cannot control the land once it is transferred is no reason not to take a look at whether the land should be sold ... [s]uch a hard look necessarily includes speculation ... about likely reuses of the property”

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Judges: Coffin, Bownes, Tauro

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