· 2/27/1987
The Eagle Foundation, Inc. v. Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Transportation
Citations
- 813 F.2d 798
- 17 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20912
- 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 2765
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that Supreme Court in Overton Park was being emphatic with use of term “unique”
- stating that “reasons for using protected land have to be good ones, pressing ones, well thought out”
- examining Overton Park against backdrop of section 4(f)’s language and concluding that an agency’s “reasons for using the protected land have to be good ones, pressing ones, well thought out”
- “Overton Park was being emphatic, not substituting ‘unique’ for ‘prudent’ in the text of § 4(f).”
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Judges: Coffey, Easterbrook, Grant
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