· 2/8/1972
Roosevelt Lathan and Pearline Lathan, His Wife v. John A. Volpe, as Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation
Citations
- 455 F.2d 1111
How courts have described this case
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- Department of Transportation ordered to file an EIS where federal approval of highway construction plans legally required in order to qualify for federal funding
- Department of Transportation ordered to file an EIS where federal approval of highway construction plans legally required in order to qualify for federal funding
- plaintiffs barred by laches from seeking to enjoin highway construction seven years after hearing because they knew of the hearing and its alleged deficiencies and defendants had “expended a substantial sum of money” in proceeding with construction
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Judges: Jertberg, Duniway, Choy
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