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SIERRA CLUB v. ADAMS

No. 76-2158.

578 F.2d 389 (1978)

SIERRA CLUB et al. v. Brock ADAMS, Jr., Secretary of Transportation of the U.S., and William M. Cox, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Strass, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raymond N. Zagone and Irwin L. Schroeder, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants. Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Leonard C. Meeker, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard A. Frank and Eldon V. C. Greenberg, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Thomas Richard Spradlin, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for Morrison-Knudsen Co., et al.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM, and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by TAMM, Circuit Judge.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal by federal officials challenges a decision enjoining United States participation in the construction of the Darien Gap Highway in Panama and Colombia because of alleged deficiencies in the Final Environmental Impact Statement filed pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).1 Our jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1...

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